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A  DICTIONARY 


OF 


ENGLISH   RHYMES 


BY 

JAMES  A.  COLLIGAN.  S.  J. 


Dec.  8,  1917. 


SAN  FRANCISO 
THE  JAMES  H.  BARRY  CO. 


COPYRIGHT   1918 

BY 

JAMES   A.    COLLIGAN.    S.  J. 


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CONTENTS. 

Words  ending  with  the  satrnd  of 

No. 

a  in  day 1 

a  in   call 2 

e   in  bee 3 

i  in  high 4- 

0  in   go '. 5 

ow  in  how 6 

u    in    true 7 

oy  in  boy 8 

V  in  poesy 9 

b    10 

d    22 

f    57 

g    72 

ch 102 

sh    120 

th 127 

k  and  X 148 

1    181 

m    198. 

n    21Si 

p    23i  ^ 

r   255  ^ 

s   265.*^ 

ce   265i* 

ze   263  + 

t    315 

V    380 

Rhyme 392 

Words  that  Have  No  Rhyme 393 

List  of  Homonyms 394 

Rules   for   Pronunciation 395 


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Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes 


Words  ending  with  the  sound  of  a  in  day. 

Bray,  clay,  day,  dray,  tray,  flay,  fray,  gay,  hay,  jay,    v-^'-^n^ 
lay,  may,  nay,  pay,  play,  ray,  say,  way,  pray,  spray,  < 

slay,  spay,  stay,  stray,  sway,  affray,  allay,  array, 
astray,  away,  belay,  bewray,  betray,  decay,  defray, 
delay,  disarray,  display,  dismay,  essay,  forelay,  gain- 
say, inlay,  relay,  repay,  roundelay,  virelay,  neigh, 
weigh,  inveigh,  prey,  they,  convey,  obey,  purvey,  sur- 
vey, disobey,  grey,  tway,  fay,  shay,  yea,  gray,  aye, 
denay,  sleigh. 

2 

Words  ending  with  the  sound  of  a  in  call. 

Craw,  daw,  law,  claw,  draw,  flaw,  gnaw,  jaw,  law, 
maw,  paw,  raw,  scraw,  shaw,  saw,  straw,  thaw,  with- 
draw, foresaw,  usquebaugh. 


Words  ending  with  the  sound  of  e  in  bee. 

Bee,  free,  glee,  knee,  see,  three,  thee,  tree,  agree, 
decree,  degree,  disagree,  flee,  foresee,  oversee,  pedi- 

free,  he,  me,  we,  she,  be,  jubilee,  lee,  ne,  sea,  plea, 
ea,  tea,  key,  cap-a-pie,  gree,  dree,  calipee,  the,  quay, 
lea,  tee. 

4 

Words  ending  with  the  sound  of  i  in  high. 

By,  buy,  cry,  die,  dry,  eye,  fly,  fry,  fie,  hie,  lie,  pie, 
ply,  pry,  rye,  shy,  sly,  spy,  sky,  sty,  tie,  try,  vie,  why, 
ally,  apply,  awry,  bely,  comply,  decry,  defy,  descry, 
deny,  imply,  espy,  outvie,  outfly,  rely,  reply,  supply, 
untie,  amplify,  beautify,  certify,  crucify,  deify,  dignify, 
edify,  falsify,  fortify,  gratify,  glorify,  indemnify,  jus- 


6  Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes 

tify,  magnify,  modify,  mollify,  mortify,  pacify,  petrify, 
purify,  putrify,  qualify,  ratify,  rectify,  sanctify,  satisfy, 
scarify,  signify,  specify,  stupefy,  terrify,  testify,  verify, 
vilify,  vitrify,  vivify,  prophesy,  high,  nigh,  sigh,  thigh, 
alibi,  alkali,  wry,  dye,  lye,  I. 


Words  ending  with  the  sound  of  o  in  go. 

Calico,  bo,  portico,  go,  ago,  undergo,  row,  though, 
tho,  woe,  adagio,  seraglio,  owe,  beau,  crow,  lo,  no, 
fro,  so,  snow,  show,  slow,  overthrow,  overflow,  fore- 
show, outgrow,  dough,  foreknow,  forego,  undergo, 
below,  bestow,  hoe,  ho,  ago,  strow,  slow,  mistletoe, 
sloe,  toe,  foe,  doe,  roe,  oh,  stow,  bow,  flow,  glow, 
grow,  know,  low,  mow,  sew,  plateau,  throw,  tow, 
throe,  floe,  sow,  trow. 


Words  ending  with  the  sound  of  ow  in  how. 

Bow,  how,  mow,  cow,  brow,  sow,  vow,  prow,  avow, 
allow,  disallow,  endow,  bough,  plough,  slough,  thou, 
row. 

7 

Words  ending  with  the  sound  of  u  in  imbue,  true 
and  too. 

Blew,  chew,  dew,  brew,  flew,  few,  grew,  new,  coo, 
woo,  shoe,  too,  who,  do,  blue,  stew,  knew,  hew,  Jew, 
mew,  view,  threw,  yew,  crew,  slew,  anew,  askew, 
bedew,  eschew,  renew,  review,  withdrew,  screw,  inter- 
view, emmew,  clue,  due,  cue,  glue,  hue,  rue,  sue,  true, 
accrue,  ensue,  endue,  imbue,  imbrue,  pursue,  subdue, 
adieu,  purlieu,  perdue,  residue,  ormolu,  avenue,  reve- 
nue, through,  pooh,  retinue,  you,  thru,  shoo,  slue,  two, 
to,  ewe,  flue. 


Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes  7 

8 

Words  ending"  with  the  sound  of  oy  in  boy. 

Boy,  buoy,  coy,  employ,  cloy,  joy,  toy,  alloy,  annoy, 
convoy,  decoy,  destroy,  enjoy. 

9 

Words  ending  with  the  sound  of  y  in  poesy. 

Pleurisy,  chemistry,  academy,  apostacy,  conspiracy, 
confederacy,  ^^ejcstacy,  democracy,  embassy,  fallacy, 
legacy,-  supremacy,  lunacy,  privacy,  piracy,  malady, 
remedy,  tragedy,  comedy,  cosmography,  geography, 
geometry,  jelegy,  certainty,  sovereignty,  loyalty,  dis- 
loyalty, penalty,  casualty,  ribaldry,  chivalry,  infamy, 
constancy,  fealty,  cavalry,  bigamy,  polygamy,  va- 
cancy, inconstancy,  infancy,  company,  accompany, 
litany,  tyranny,  villainy,  anarchy,  monarchy,  lethargy, 
incendiary,  infirmary,  library,  salary,  sanctuary,  vo- 
tary, auxiliary,  contrary,  diary,  granary,  rosemary, 
urgency,  infantry,  knavery,  livery,  recovery,  robbery, 
novelty,  antipathy,  apathy,  sympathy,  idolatry,  galaxy, 
husbandry,  cruelty,  enemy,  blasphemy,  prophecy, 
clemency,  decency,  inclemency,  emergency,  regency, 
progeny,  energy,  poverty,  liberty,  property,  adultery, 
artery,  artillery,  battery,  beggary,  bribery,  bravery, 
delivery,  drudgery,  flattery,  gallery,  imagery,  lottery, 
misery,  mystery,  nursery,  raillery,  slavery,  sorcery, 
treachery,  discovery,  tapestry,  majesty,  modesty,  im- 
modesty, honesty,  dishonesty,  courtesy,  heresy,  poesy, 
poetry,  secresy,  leprosy,  perfidy,  subsidy,  drapery, 
symmetry,  drollery,  prodigy,  policy,  mutiny,  destiny, 
scrutiny,  hypocrisy,  family,  ability,  activity,  avidity, 
assiduity,  civility,  community,  concavity,  consanguin- 
ity, conformity,  congruity,  diuturnity,  facility,  falsity, 
familiarity,  formality,  generosity,  gratuity,  humidity, 
absurdity,  activity,  adversity,  affability,  affinity,  agil- 
ity, alacrity,  ambiguity,  animosity,  antiquity,  aus- 
terity, authority,  brevity,  calamity,  capacity,  captivity, 


8  Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes 

charity,  chastity,  civiUty,  credulity,  curiosity,  finery, 
declivity,  deformity,  duty,  dexterity,  dignity,  dis- 
parity, diversity,  divinity,  enmity,  enormity,  equality, 
equanimity,  equity,  eternity,  extremity,  fatality,  felic- 
^^y*  JSJ^m^'   fidelity,   frugahty,   futurity. 

Gravity,  hostility,  humanity,  humility,  immanity,  -im- 
maturity, immensity,  immorality,  immortality,  immunity, 
immutability,  impartiality,  impossibility,  impetuosity, 
improbity,  inanity,  incapacity,  incivility,  incongruity, 
inequality,  indemnity,  infinity,  inflexibility,  instability, 
invalidity,  jollity,  lenity,  lubricity,  magnanimity,  ma- 
jority, mediocrity,  minority,  mutability,  nicety,  per- 
versity, perplexity,  perspicuity,  prosperity,  privity, 
probability,  probity,  propensity,  rarity,  rapidity,  sa- 
gacity, sanctity,  sensibility,  sensuality,  solidity,  temer- 
ity, timidity,  tranquillity,  virginity,  visibility,  univer- 
sity, trumpery,  apology,  genealogy,  etymology,  simony, 
symphony,  soliloquy,  allegory,  armory,  factory,  pil- 
lory, faculty,  treasury,  usury,  augury,  importunity, 
impunity,  impurity,  inaccuracy,  inability,  incredulity, 
indignity,  infidelity,  infirmity,  iniquity,  integrity,  laity, 
liberality,   malignity,   maturity,   morality.  ^'\-ev>v-*^ok 

Words  ending  with  the  sound  of  b. 

Abe,  astrolabe. 

11 

Bab,  cab,  dab,  Mab,  gab,  nab,  blab,  rab,  drab,  scab, 
stab,  slab,  crab. 

12 
Ebb,  web,  neb,  bleb. 

13 

Bribe,  tribe,  scribe,  ascribe,  describe,  superscribe, 
prescribe,  proscribe,  subscribe,  transcribe,  inscribe, 
kibe,  imbibe,  diatribe. 


Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes  9 

14 
Bib,  crib,  squib,  drib,  glib,  nib,  rib. 

15 
Globe,  lobe,  probe,  robe,  conglobe. 

16 

Fob,  hob,  mob,  knob,  sob,  rob,  throb,  swab,  squab, 
cob,  bob,  lob,  nob,  cabob. 

17     ■ 
Cube,  tube. 

18 

Cub,  club,  dub,  chub,  drub,  grub,  hub,  rub,  snub, 
shrub,  tub. 


Barb,  garb. 

19 

Orb,  sorb,  corb. 

20 

21 

Curb,  disturb,  herb. 

verb. 

22 

Words  ending  with  the  sound  of  d  preceded   by   a 
vowel  sound. 

Cade,  fade,  made,  jade,  lade,  wade,  blade,  glade, 
shade,  spade,  trade,  degrade,  evade,  dissuade,  invade, 
persuade,  blockade,  brigade,  esplanade,  cavalcade, 
masquerade,  renegade,  retrograde,  serenade,  ambus- 
cade, cannonade,  palisade,  aid,  maid,  braid,  afraid, 
raid,  upbraid,  bade,  estrade,  arcade,  cascade,  cockade, 
crusade,  gambade,  brocade,  rhodomontade,  lemonade, 
and  the  preterites  and  the  participles  of  verbs  in 
number    1. 


lo  Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes 

23 

Add,  bad,  dad,  gad,  had,  lad,  mad,  pad,  sad,  brad, 
clad,  glad,  plad,  chad,  fad,  plaid,  cad,  shad,  bade. 

24 

Creed,  deed,  indeed,  bleed,  breed,  feed,  heed,  meed, 
need,  reed,  speed,  seed,  steed,  weed,  proceed,  succeed, 
exceed,  knead,  read,  intercede,  precede,  recede,  con- 
cede, impede,  supersede,  bead,  lead,  mead,  plead, 
glede,  rede,  cede,  and  the  preterites  and  participles  of 
verbs  in  number  3. 

25 
Bed,   bled,   fed,   fled,   bred,   Ted,   red,    shed,   shred, 
sped,  wed,  abed,  imbred,  misled,  said,  bread,  dread, 
dead,  head,  lead,  read,  spread,  thread,  tread,  behead, 
overspread,  led.     lira oL   ,   >■>   t^  .    <>.    .. 

26 

Bide,  chide,  hide,  gride,  glide,  nide,  pied,  pride, 
ride,  slide,  sighed,  side,  wide,  stride,  tide,  bride, 
abide,  guide,  aside,  astride,  beside,  bestride,  betide, 
confide,  decide,  deride,  divide,  preside,  provide,  sub- 
side, misguide,  subdivide,  and  the  preterites  and  parti- 
ciples of  verbs  in  number  4. 

27 

Bid,  chid,  did,  hid,  kid,  lid,  slid,  rid,  bestrid,  pyra- 
mid, forbid,  quid,  squid,  katydid. 

28 
A   la   mode,   bode,   code,   ode,   mode,   rode,    abode, 
corrode,    explode,    forebode,    commode,    incommode, 
episode,  road,  toad,  goad,  load,  lode,  and  the  preterites 
and  participles  of  the  verbs  in  number  5. 

29 
Clod,    rod,    sod,    nod,    plod,   odd,    cod,    trod,    shod, 
quod,  pod,  wad,  quad,  hod,  tod,  God. 


Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes  ii 

30 

Rude,  crude,  prude,  allude,  conclude,  delude,  elude, 
include,  mood,  food,  rood,  illude,  exclude,  exude, 
snood,  intrude,  obtrude,  seclude,  altitude,  fortitude, 
gratitude,  interlude,  latitude,  longitude,  magnitude, 
multitude,  solicitude,  solitude,  vicissitude,  aptitude, 
habitude,  ingratitude,  inaptitude,  lassitude,  plenitude, 
promptitude,  servitude,  similitude,  leud,  feud,  brood, 
and  the  preterites  and  participles  of  verbs  in  num- 
ber 7. 

31 
Bud,  scud,  stud,  mud,  cud,  blood,  flood. 

32 

Good,  hood,  stood,  withstood,  understood,  could, 
would,  wood,  brotherhood,  livelihood,  likelihood, 
neighborhood,   widowhood. 

33 

Fraud,  laud,  applaud,  defraud,  broad,  abroad,  and 
the  preterites  and  participles  of  verbs  in  number  2. 

34 

Void,  avoid,  devoid,  asteroid,  alkaloid,  varioloid, 
and  the  preterites  and  participles  of  the  verbs  in 
number  8. 

35 

Shroud,  cloud,  loud,  proud,  aloud,  crowd,  over- 
shroud,  and  the  preterites  and  participles  of  verbs  in 
number  6. 

36 

Words  ending  in  Id. 

Bald,  scald,  and  the  preterites  and  participles  of 
verbs  in  number   192. 


12  Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes 

Field,  yield,  shield,  wield,  afield,  weald,  and  the 
preterites  and  participles  of  words  in  number  184. 

38 

Held,  geld,  withheld,  upheld,  beheld,  eld,  and  the 
preterites  and  participles  of  verbs  in  number  185. 

39 

Mild,  wild,  and  the  preterites  and  participles  of 
verbs  in  number  186. 

40 

Gild,  build,  and  the  preterites  and  participles  of 
verbs  in  number  187. 

41 

Old,,  cold,  bold,  fold,  gold,  hold,  mold,  scold,  sold, 
told,  behold,  -enfold,  unfold,  uphold,  withhold,  fore- 
told, manifold,  marigold,  and  the  preterites  and  parti- 
ciples of  verbs  in  number  188. 

42 

World  rhymes  with  the  preterites  and  participles 
of  verbs  in  number   197. 

43 

Words  ending  in  nd. 

And,  band,  hand,  land,  rand,  sand,  brand,  bland, 
grand,  gland,  stand,  strand,  command,  demand,  coun- 
termand, disband,  expand,  withstand,  understand, 
reprimand,  contraband,  and  preterites  and  participles 
of  verbs   in   number  217. 

44 

Fiend  rhymes  with  the  preterites  and  participles  of 
verbs  in  number  219. 


Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes  13 

45 

End,  bend,  mend,  blend,  fend,  lend,  rend,  send, 
spend,  tend,  vend,  amend,  attend,  ascend,  commend, 
contend,  defend,  depend,  descend,  distend,  expend, 
extend,  forefend,  impend,  misspend,  obtend,  offend, 
portend,  pretend,  protend,  suspend,  transcend,  un- 
bend, apprehend,  comprehend,  condescend,  discom- 
mend, recommend,  reprehend,  dividend,  reverend, 
friend,  befriend,  penned,  kenned. 

46 

Find,  mind,  blind,  kind,  grind,  rind,  wind,  behind, 
unkind,  remind,  and  the  preterites  and  participles  of 
verbs  in   number  221. 

47 

Rescind  rhymes  with  the  preterites  and  participles 
of  verbs  in  number  222. 

48 

Pond,  bond,  fond,  beyond,  abscond,  correspond, 
blond,  despond,  diamond,  vagabond,  conned. 

49 

Fund,  refund,  and  the  preterites  and  participles  of 
verbs  in  number  226. 

50 

Maund  rhymes  with  the  preterites  and  participles 
of  verbs  in  number  218. 

51 

Found,  bound,  ground,  hound,  mound,  pound, 
round,  sound,  wound  (verb),  abound,  aground, 
around,  confound,  compound,  expound,  profound,  re- 
bound, redound,  resound,  propound,  surround,  and 
the  preterites  and  participles  of  verbs  in  number  228. 


14  Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes 

52 

The  noun  wound  rhymes  with  the  preterites  and 
participles  of  verbs '  in  number  225. 

53 

Words  ending  in  rd. 

Bard,  card,  guard,  hard,  lard,  nard,  shard,  yard, 
bombard,  discard,  regard,  interlard,  retard,  disregard, 
and  words  ending  in  d  from  verbs  in  number  256. 

54 

Beard  and  weird  rhyme  with  the  preterites  and 
participles  of  verbs  in  number  257. 

55 

Cord,  lord,  record,  accord,  abhorred,  hoard,  horde, 
,     board,  aboard,  ford,  afford,  sword,  chord,  and  the  pre- 
terites and  participles  of  verbs  in  number  261. 

56 

Curd,  absurd,  bird,  gird,  heard,  herd,  sherd,  word, 
and  the  preterites  and  participles  of  verbs  in  num- 
ber 259. 

57 

Words  ending  with  the  sound  of  f. 

Safe,   chafe,   vouchsafe,   waif. 

58 

Gaff,  chaff,  draff,  graff,  quaff,  staff,  distaff,  engraff, 
epitaph,  cenotaph,  paragraph,  photograph,  telegraph. 

59 

Grief,  chief,  fief,  thief,  brief,  lief,  belief,  relief,  reef, 
beef,  leaf,  sheaf. 


Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes  15 

60 

Clef,  nef,  semibref,  deaf. 

61 

Rife,  fife,  knife,  wife,  strife,  life. 

62 

If,  skiff,  stiff,  whiff,  cliff,  sniff,  tiff,  hieroglyph. 

63 

Oaf,  loaf. 

64 

Off,  scoff,  cough,  trough,  doff. 

65 

Hoof,  proof,  aloof,  disproof,  reproof,  behoof,  roof, 
woof. 

66 

Buff,  cuff,  chuff,  bluff,  huff,  gruff,  luff,  muff,  puff, 
snuff,  stuff,  ruff,  rebuff,  counterbuff,  rough,  tough, 
enough,  slough,  chough. 

67 
Calf,  half,  behalf,  laugh. 

68 
Elf,  delf,  pelf,  self,  shelf,  himself,  Guelf,  Guelph. 

69 
Dwarf,  wharf. 

70 
Turf,  scurf,  surf,  serf. 

71 
Nymph,  lymph. 


i6  Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes 

72 
Words  ending  with  the  sound  of  g  in  cage  and  g  in 

dig. 

Age,  cage,  gage,  guage,  mage,  page,  rage,  sage, 
wage,  stage,  swage,  assuage,  engage,  disengage,  en- 
rage, presage.     -r''Kr*Arv^,<Ma  J  c-^^X/L^^ 

Appanage,  parsonage,  personage,  pasturage,  patron- 
age, pilgrimage,  equipage,  heritage,  hermitage,  par- 
entage, villanage,  equipage. 

74 
Badge,  cadge. 

75 

Liege,  siege,  assiege,  besiege. 

76 

Edge,  wedge,  fledge,   hedge,   ledge,   pledge,   sedge, 
allege,  kedge,  privilege,  sacrilege,  sortilege.  ^?i  >,^-* 
D  is  silent  before  the  sound  of  g  in  cage  or  j. 

Bridge,  ridge,  midge,  fidge,  abridge. 

78 
Dodge,  lodge,  hodge,  podge,  bodge. 

79 

Judge,  drudge,  grudge,  trudge,  adjudge,  prejudge, 
fudge,  smudge,  nudge,  budge,  sludge. 

80 
Plague,  vague. 

81 
Bag,  cag,  fag,  gag,  hag,  jag,  lag,  nag,  quag,  rag, 


Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes  17 

sag,  tag,  wag,  brag,  crag,  drag,  flag,  knag,  shag,  snag, 
stag,  swag,  scrag,  Brobdingnag. 

Egg,   leg,  beg,  peg,  keg.     (W<i> 

83  '^ 

League,  teague,  intrigue,  fatigue. 

84 
Big,  dig,  gig,  fig,  pig,  rig,  sprig,  twig,  swig,  grig, 
Whig,  wig,  jig,  prig. 

85 
Rogue,  vogue,  prorogue,  collogue,  disembogue. 

86 

Hog,  bog,  cog,  dog,  clog,  fog,  frog,  flog,  jog,  log, 
agog,  gog,  prog,  shog,  tog,  pollywog,  dialogue,  epi- 
logue,  synagogue,   catalogue,  pedagogue. 

Do  not  give  o  in  these  words  the  sound  of  aw  in 
August,  which  is  the  sound  of  aw  in  saw.  Give  it 
the  sound  of  o  in  not. 

^7 
Lug,   bug,   dug.   drug,   hug,   jug,   rug,    slug,   smug, 
snug,  mug,  shrug,  pug. 

88 
Bulge,  indulge,  divulge. 

89 
Change,  grange,  range,  strange,  estrange,  arrange, 
exchange,  interchange. 

90 
Bang,   fang,  gang,  hang,  pang,  tang,  twang,   sang, 
slang,    rang,    harangue,    swang,    stang,    lang,    chang, 
clang. 

91 
Avenge,  revenge. 


1 8  Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes 

92 

Cringe,  fringe,  hinge,  singe,  springe,  swinge,  tinge, 
twinge,  infringe. 

93 

Plunge,   sponge,  expunge. 

94 

Bring,  sing,  cling,  fiing,  king,  ring,  sling,  spring, 
sting,  string,  swing,  wing,  wring,  thing,  and  the  par- 
ticiples of  the  present  tense  in  ing,  with  the  accent 
on  the  antepenultimate,  as  recovering,  altering. 

95 

Long,  song,  strong,  wrong,  along,  belong,  prolong. 
Let  us  give  o  in  the  words  in  number  95  the  sound 
of  aw  in  saw. 

96 

Dingdong,  gong,  prong,  throng,  thong.  Let  us 
give  o  in  these  words  the  sound  of  o  in  not.   OiTV^ 

97  ^ 

Bung,  clung,  dung,  flung,  hung,  lung,  rung,  strung, 
sung,  sprung,  slung,  stung,  swung,  wrung,  unsung, 
young,  tongue,  among. 


Barge,  charge,  large,  marge,  targe,  discharge,  over- 
charge,  surcharge,   enlarge. 

99 
Verge,  absterge,  emerge,  dirge,  urge,  purge,  surge, 
immerge,  thaumaturge,  gurge,  diverge,  scourge,  serge. 

100 
Exergue,  burgh. 

101 
Gorge,   disgorge,   reforge,   forge,   George. 


Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes  19 

102 

Words  ending  with  the  sound  of  ch  in  teach. 

Catch,  match,  hatch,  latch,  patch,  scratch,  smatch, 
snatch,  dispatch,  ratch,  slatch,  attach,  detach,  thatch. 
T  before  ch  is  silent. 

103 
Beach,  breach,  bleach,  each,  peach,  preach,  teach, 
|f      impeach,  beech,  leech,  speech,  beseech,  leach.    . 

104 

Fetch,  stretch,  wretch,  sketch. 

105 
Itch,    ditch,    pitch,    rich,    fitch,    bitch,    flitch,    hitch, 
stitch,  switch,  twitch,  which,  bewitch,  niche,  enrich. 

106 
Broach,    croach,    poach,    approach,    encroach,    re- 
proach, abroach,  loach.    C-iTit-^vv 

107 
Botch,  notch,  watch,  crotch,  blotch,  Scotch,  swatch. 

108 
Crutch,  hutch,  Dutch,   much,  such,  touch. 

109 
Couch,  pouch,  vouch,  slouch,  avouch,  crouch. 


Filch,  1 

milch. 

110 

Mulch, 

gulch. 

111 
112 

Blanch, 
Haunch 

branch, 
1,  launch, 

stanch. 
,  paunch. 

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111  the  first  three  words  give  a  the  sound  of  in 
branch. 

In  the  last   three  words  reject  u   and   give   a  the 

sound  of  a  in  park. 

113 
Bench,    drench,    retrench,    quench,    clench,    stench, 
tench,  trench,  wench,  intrench,  blench,  wrench. 

114 
Clinch,  finch,  inch,  pinch,  winch.  OOwJK 

115 
Bunch,     punch,     hunch,     lunch,     munch,     scrunch, 
crunch.  . 

116 
Arch,  march,  larch,  parch,  starch,  countermarch. 

117 

Church,  lurch,  birch,  smirch,  perch,  search. 

118 
Scorch,  torch,  porch. 

119 
Wards  ending  with  the  sound  of  sh. 
Ash,   cash,   dash,   clash,   crash,   flash,   gash,   gnash, 
hash,    lash,    plash,    bash,    pash,    brash,    rash,    thrash, 
slash,  trash,  abash,  sash,  splash. 

120 

Flesh,  fresh,  refresh,  thresh,  afresh,  nesh,  mesh. 

121 
Dish,  fish,  wish,  cuish,  pish,  quish. 

122 
Bosh,  wash,  squash,  quash,  swash. 


Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes  21 

123 
Barouche,  cartouche. 

124 
Blush,  brush,  crush,  gush,  flush,  rush,  hush,  lush, 
frush,  mush,  tush. 

125 
Bush,  push. 

126 
Harsh,  marsh. 

127 
Words  ending  with  the  sound  of  th. 
Bathe,  swathe,  lathe,  scathe. 

128 
Faith,  wraith. 

129 
Bath,  path,  hath,  aftermath,  rath. 

130 

Breathe,    sheathe,    wreathe,    inwreathe,    bequeathe, 
seethe. 

131 
Heath,  sheath,  teeth,  wreath,  beneath- 

132 
Breath,  death,  saith. 

133 
Blithe,   hithe,   tithe,   scythe,   writhe,   lithe. 

134 
Pith,  smith,  frith,  sith. 

135 
Clothe,  loathe. 

136 
Both,  loth,  sloth,  oath,  growth,  loath. 


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Broth',  cloth,  froth,  troth,  moth,  swath,  wrath,  be- 
troth. 

138 
Booth,  smooth,  soothe. 

139 
Tooth,  truth,  youth,  uncouth. 

140 
Azimuth,  doth. 

141 
Mouth,  south,  drouth. 

142 
Health,  wealth,   stealth,  commonwealth. 

143 
Filth,  tilth,  spilth. 

144 
Plinth,  hyacinth,  labyrinth. 

145 
Length,  strength. 

146 
Earth,  dearth,  birth,  mirth,  worth,  berth,  girth. 

147 
Swarth,  north,   fourth^   iv\^C   . 

Words  ending  with  the  sound  of  k  and  x. 

Ake,  bake,  cake,  lake,  make,  quake,  rake,  sake,  take, 
wake,  brake,  drake,  flake,  shake,  snake,  stake,  strake, 
spake,  awake,  betake,  forsake,  mistake,  partake,  over- 
take, undertake,  bespake,  break,  steak,  hake,  man- 
drake, ache,  opaque. 


Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes  23 

149 

Zodiac,  maniac,  demoniac,  ammoniac,  almanac,  sym- 
posiac,  hypochondriac,  aphrodisiac,  crack,  lac,  brach, 
back,  hack,  bric-a-brac,  jack,  lack,  pack,  quack,  tack, 
sack,  rack,  black,  clack,  crack,  knack,  slack,  snack, 
stack,  track,  wrack,  attack,  smack,  thwack,  arrack. 

C  before  k  is  silent. 

150 
Ax,  tax,  lax,  pax,  wax,  relax,  flax,  knicknacks,  and 
words  in  number  149  when  s  is  added  to  them. 

151 
Beak,  bleak,  creak,  freak,  leak,  peak,  sneak,  squeak, 
speak,  streak,  tweak,  wreak,  bespeak,  cheek,  leek, 
creek,  meek,  reek,  seek,  sleek,  week,  shriek,  pique, 
bezique,  eke,  clique,  critique,  antique,  oblique,  weak, 
peek. 

152 
Beck,  peck,  neck,  check,  fleck,  deck,  speck,  wreck, 
geek,  reck. 

153 
Sex,  vex,  annex,  convex,  complex,  perplex,  circum- 
flex, and  words  in  number  152  when  s  is  added  to 
them. 

154 

Dike,  alike,  like,  pike,  spike,  strike,  dislike,  oblique, 
shrike,  glike. 

155 

Brick,  sick,  chick,  kick,  lick,  nick,  pick,  quick, 
stick,  thick,  trick,  arithmetic,  choleric,  catholic,  heretic, 
rhetoric,  splenetic,  lunatic,  politic. 

156 

Sardonyx,  fix,  six,  mix,  nix,  afiix,  infix,  prefix,  pyx, 
transfix,  intermix,  crucifix,  and  words  in  number  155 
when  s  is  added  to  them. 


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157 
Broke,  choke,  smoke,  spoke,  stroke,  yoke,  bespoke, 
invoke,  provoke,  revoke,  cloak,  oak,  soak,  joke,  moke, 
coke,  equivoque,  yolk. 

158 
Hoax,  coax,  and  words   in  number   157  when  s  is 
added  to  them. 

159 
Block,  lock,  cock,  flock,  crock,  dock,  frock,  knock, 
mock,  rock,  shock,  sock,   stock,   clock,  brock,  hough, 
loch. 

160 
Ox,   box,    fox,    equinox,    orthodox,    heterodox,    and 
words  in  number  159  when  s  is  added  to  them. 

161 
Duke,  puke,  rebuke,  fluke,  chibouque. 

162 
Buck,  luck,  pluck,  suck,  struck,  tuck,  truck,  duck. 

163 
Dux,  crux,  lux,  flux,  reflux,  and  words  in  number 
162  when  s  is  added  to  them. 

164 
Book,  brook,  cook,  hook,  look,   rook,  shook,   took, 
mistook,    undertook,    forsook,    betook,    stook,    caout- 
chouc, crook,  betook. 

165 
Auk,   balk,  chalk,   stalk,   talk,   walk,   calk,   squawk, 
hawk.     L  is  silent  in  the  words  in  number  165. 

166 
Elk,  whelk. 

167 
Milk,   silk,  bilk,  whilk. 


Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes  25 

168 

Bulk,  hulk,  skulk,  sulk. 

169 
Bank,    blank,    brank,    shank,    clank,    dank,    drank, 
slank,   frank,  spank,  stank,  lank,  plank,  prank,  rank, 
thank,  disrank,  mountebank. 

170 
Ink,  think,  wink,   drink,  blink,  brink,   chink,  clink, 
link,    pink,    shrink,    sink,    slink,    stink,    bethink,    fore- 
think,  skink,  swink,  zinc,  cinque,  appropinque. 

171 
Lynx,  minx,  sphinx,  methinks,  jinks,  and  words  in 
number  170  when  s  is  added  to  them. 

172 
Drunk,    sunk,    shrunk,    stunk,    spunk,    punk,    trunk, 
slunk,  bunk,  funk,   chunk,  hunk,   monk. 

173 

Ark,  bark,  cark,  dark,  dark,  lark,  mark,  park,  shark,  ^.^^^  . 

spark,    stark,    embark,    remark,    hierarch,    heresiarch,  ^iT^-^t-'W^ 
chark,  marque.  ^>*u0ijAJL,mnA/^ ^  ^^4^v^^t<^/i^C^ 

174 

Dirk,    firk,    kirk,    stirk,    quirk,    shirk,    work,    mirk, 
murk,  Turk,  lurk,  irk,  jerk,  perk. 

175 
Ork,  cork,  fork,  stork,  York,  pork. 

176 

Ask,  task,  bask,  cask,  flask,  mask,  casque. 

177 
Desk,  grotesque,  burlesque,  arabesque,  picturesque, 
moresque. 


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178 
Brisk,  frisk,  disk,  risk,  whisk,  basilisk,  tamarisk. 

179 
Mosque,  kiosk. 

180 
Busk,  tusk,  dusk,  husk,  musk. 

181 
Words  ending  with  the  sound  of  1. 

Bail,  brail,  fail,  grail,  hail,  jail,  mail,  nail,  pail, 
quail,  rail,  sail,  shail,  tail,  wail,  frail,  flail,  snail,  trail, 
assail,  avail,  detail,  bewail,  entail,  prevail,  aventail, 
retail,  countervail,  curtail,  Abigail,  ale,  bale,  dale,  gale, 
hale,  male,  pale,  sale,  tale,  vale,  wale,  scale,  shale, 
stale,  swale,  whale,  impale,  exhale,  regale,  veil,  night- 
ingale, ail. 

182 

Shall,  sal,  cabal,  canal. 

183 
Animal,  admiral,  cannibal,  capital,  cardinal,  comical, 
conjugal,  corporal,  criminal,  critical,  festival,  funeral, 
general,  hospital,  interval,  liberal,  madrigal,  literal, 
magical,  mineral,  mystical,  musical,  natural,  original, 
pastoral,  pedestal,  personal,  physical,  poetical,  politi- 
cal, principal,  prodigal,  prophetical,  rational,  satirical, 
reciprocal,  rhetorical,  several,  temporal,  tragical, 
tyrannical,  carnival,  schismatical,  whimsical,  arsenal. 

184 
Deal,  heal,  reveal,  meal,  peal,  seal,  steal,  teal,  veal, 
weal,    zeal,   squeal,   repeal,   conceal,   congeal,    anneal, 
appeal,   eel,    heel,   feel,   keel,   kneel,   peel,   reel,   steel, 
wheel,  ceil. 

185 
Ell,   dwell,    fell,   hell,    knell,    quell,    sell,   bell,    cell. 


Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes  27 

dispel,  foretell,  excel,  compel,  befell,  yell,  well,  tell, 
swell,  spell,  smell,  shell,  parallel,  sentinel,  infidel, 
citadel,  refel,  repel,  impel,  expel,  rebel,  asphodel, 
petronel,  calomel,  muscatel,  belle. 

186 
Bile,  chyle,  file,  guile,  isle,   aisle,  mile,  pile,  smile, 
stile,   style,   tile,  vile,   while,   awhile,   compile,   revile, 
defile,  exile,  erewhile,  reconcile,  beguile. 

187 

Bill,  chill,  fill,  drill,  gill,  hill,  ill,  kill,  kiln,  mill,  pill, 
quill,  rill,  shrill,  fill,  skill,  spill,  still,  swill,  thrill,  till, 
trill,  will,  distill,  fulfill,  instill,  codicil,  daffodil,  until, 
and  words  ending  in  ile  pronounced  ill,  if  the  words 
be  accented  on  the  antepenult. 

Full  has  only  one  1  when  a  syllable  or  syllables 
is  prefixed  or  added  to  it;  as,  fulfill,  handful. 

188 
Bole,  dole,  jole,  hole,  mole,  pole,  sole,  stole,  whole, 
shoal,  cajole,  condole,  parole,  patrol,  pistole,  coal,  foal, 
goal,  soal,  bowl,  droll,  roll,  scroll,  toll,  troll,  control, 
enroll,  soul,  console,  girandole,  vole,  poll,  boll,  role. 

189 
Alcohol,  capitol,  doll,  extol,  loll,  Moll,  Poll. 

190 
Cool,   fool,  pool,  school,  stool,  tool,  befool,   spool, 
buhl,  pule,  rule,  mule.  Yule,  overrule,  ridicule,  misrule,  ^f^^*^'^^*^ 

191 

Cull,   dull,   gull,   lull,   hull,   mull,   null,   trull,   skull,  "  "*~ 

annul,  disannul,  scull.  > --^-^i  v^    >^.>--.v(^    u4vtctfi^-<_     v  -  y'- 

192 

Full,  wool,  bull,  pull,  bountiful,  fanciful,  sorrowful, 


28  Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes 

dutiful,  merciful,  wonderful,  and  other  words  ending 
in  ful  with  the  accent  on  the  antepenult. 

193 
All,  ball,  call,  gall,  caul,  haul,  Gaul,  appall,  enthrall,^ 
awl,  bawl,  brawl,  crawl,  drawl,  small,  scrawl,  sprawl, 
shawl,   squall,   hall,   maul,   stall,   fall,   pall,   tall,   wall, 
inthrall,  install,  forestall,  thrall. 

194 

Oil,  boil,  coil,  moil,  soil,  spoil,  toil,  despoil,  embroil, 
recoil,  turmoil,  disembroil. 

195 
Owl,  growl,  fowl,  howl,  prowl,  scowl,  foul. 

196 

Carl,  snarl,  marl,  parle,  gnarl,  harl. 

197 
Earl,  pearl,  churl,  girl,  furl,  curl,  hurl,  unfurl,  un- 
curl, purl,  whirl,  thirl,  twirl,  whorl. 

198 
Words  ending  with  the  sound   of  m. 

Blame,  came,  dame,  same,  fame,  flame,  frame,  game, 
lame,  name,  prame,  same,  tame,  shame,  inflame,  be- 
came, defame,  misname,  misbecame,  overcame,  aim, 
claim,  maim,  acclaim,  declaim,  disclaim,  exclaim,  pro- 
claim, reclaim. 

199 

Am,  dam,  ham,  pam,  ram,  Sam*  cram,  dram,  flam, 
sham,  swam,  kam,  clam,  epigram,  anagram,  damn, 
lamb,  jam,  jamb,  oriflamme,  ma'am,  telegram,  lamm. 

200 
Bream,  cream,  gleam,  seam,  scream,  stream,  team, 
beam,  dream,  enseam,  scheme,  theme,  blaspheme,  ex- 


Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes  29 

treme,    supreme,   deem,   teem,   beseem,   misdeem,   es- 
teem, disesteem,  redeem,  seem,  beteem. 

201 
Gem,  hem,  kemb,  stem,  them,  diadem,  stratagem,     ia.^V>^ 
anadem,  phlegm,  condemn,  contemn,  parapegm,  apo-    '\ 
thegm. 

202 
Chime,    time,    grime,    clime,    crime,    prime,    mime, 
slime,  lime,  sublime,  climb,  rhyme,  thyme,  rime.  ci\vv^fc 

203 
Brim,  dim,  grim,  him,  rim,  skim,  slim,  trim,  whim, 
prim,  limb,  hymn,  limn,  paradigm. 

204 
Dome,  home,  mome,  foam,  roam,  loam,  Rome. 

205 
Tom,  from. 

206 
Rum,  chum,  drum,  glum,  gum,  hum,  mum,  scum, 
plum,  sum,  swum,  thrum,  opium,  encomium,  thumb, 
dumb,  succumb,  come,  become,  overcome,  burdensome, 
cumbersome,  frolicsome,  humorsome,  quarrelsome, 
troublesome,  crumb,  plumb,  some. 

207 
Gloom,  groom,  loom,  room,  spoom,  bloom,  broom, 
boom,    doom,    tomb,    entomb,   whom,   womb,    plume, 
spume,  fume,  consume,  assume,  presume,  resume,  per- 
fume, rheum. 

208 
Calm,  balm,  becalm,  psalm,  palm,  embalm. 

209 
Haulm,  shawm. 


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210 
Elm,  helm,  whelm,  overwhelm,  realm. 

211 
Arm,  barm,  charm,  farm,  harm,  alarm,  disarm. 

212 
Firm,   affirm,   confirm,  infirm,   chirm,  worm,   turm, 
term. 

213 
Storm,  conform,  deform,  inform,  perform,  reform, 
misinform,  uniform,  multiform,  chloroform,  transform, 
warm,  swarm. 

214 

Chasm,  spasm,  miasm,  enthusiasm,  cataplasm, 
phantasm.    tAfe^xYv  ^  wtxj-r^iAtftvY*  -t^ 

215 

Chrism,  solecism,  anachronism,  schism,  syllogism, 
witticism,  criticism,  organism,  heroism,  pristp,  ego- 
tism, abysm,  cataclysm. 

216. 
Words   ending  with  the  sound  of  n. 

Cain,  blain,  brain,  chain,  fain,  gain,  grain,  lain,  main, 
pain,  rain,  vain,  wain,  drain,  plain,  slain,  Spain,  stain, 
swain,  train,  twain,  sprain,  strain,  abstain,  amain,  Jt> 
attain,  complain,  contain,  constrain,  detain,  disdain, 
distrain,  enchain,  entertain,  explain,  maintain,  ordain, 
pertain,  obtain,  refrain,  regain,  remain,  restrain,  re- 
tain, sustain,  appertain,  thane,  Dane,  bane,  crane, 
cane,  fane,  Jane,  lane,  mane,  plane,  vane,  wane,  pro- 
fane, hurricane,  deign,  arraign,  campaign,  feign,  reign, 
vein,  rein,  skein,  thegn,  champagne,  ta'en,  pane,  sane. 

217 
Ban,  can,  dan,  fan,  man,  nan,  pan,  ran,  tan,  van, 
bran,   clan,   plan,   scan,   span,   than,   unman,   foreran. 


Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes  31 

began,    trepan,    partisan,    artisan,    pelican,    caravan, 
shandrydan,  barracan. 

218 
Dawn,   brawn,  fawn,   pawn,   spawn,   drawn,   yawn, 
awn,  withdrawn,  lawn,  prawn,  gone,  faun. 

219 

Keen,  screen,  seen,  green,  spleen,  between,  careen, 
teen,  foreseen,  queen,  bean,  clean,  dean,  glean,  lean, 
mean,  wean,  yean,  demean,  unclean,  skean,  convene, 
demesne,  intervene,  mien,  machine,  serene,  obscene, 
terrene,  scene.  V^-^^iM^      bee^rv 

220 

Den,  hen,  fen,  ken,  men,  pen,  ten,  then,  when,  wren, 
denizen.        o-itA.^ ,  p-tyl^Xjuy^         ^■ 
'     221 

Dine,  brine,  mine,  chine,  fine,  line,  nine,  indign, 
pine,  sh.ine,  shrine,  kine,  thine,  trine,  twine,  vine, 
Rhine,  wine,  whine,  combine,  confine,  decline,  define, 
incline,  enshrine,  entwine,  opine,  calcine,  recline,  re- 
fine, repine,  superfine,  interline,  countermine,  under- 
mine, eyne,  supine,  concubine,  porcupine,  divine,  sign, 
assign,  consign,  design,  condign,  indign.     q^^V^v^ntcsn >rv e.     Ji/*x'>WNrvc. 

222 
Bin,  chin,  din,  fin,  gin,  grin,  in,  inn,  kin,  pin,  shin, 
sin,  spin,  skin,  lin,  thin,  twin,  tin,  win,  within,  javelin, 
begin,  whin,  baldachin,  cannikin,  discipline. 

223 

Prone,  drone,  throne,  alone,  stone,  tone,  lone, 
zone,  atone,  enthrone,  dethrone,  postpone,  cone, 
grown,  flown,  disown,  thrown,  sown,  own,  loan, 
shown,  overthrown,  groan,  blown,  moan,  known, 
shone,  mown. 


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32  Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes 

On,  con,  upon,  anon.         lAn^-^w,  .p-«r^  i  i/^^^^^ 
On  in  these   words  has  the  sound  of  on  in  con- 
science. 

225 

June,  tune,  untune,  jejune,  prune,  dune,  triune,  im- 
portune, croon,  hewn,  swoon,  moon,  soon,  boon,  noon, 
spoon,  buffoon,  lampoon,  poltroon,  coon,  cocoon, 
raccoon,  shalloon,  dragoon. 

226 

Dun,  bun,  gun,  nun,  pun,  run,  sun,  shun,  tun,  stun,^ 
spun,  begun,  son,  one,  ton,  done,  won,  none,  undone. 

227 

Coin,  join,  subjoin,  groin,  loin,  adjoin,  conjoin,  dis- 
join, enjoin,  foin,  proin,  purloin,  rejoin,  coign. 

228 

Town,  clown,  crown,  down,  drown,  frown,  gown, 
adown,  renown,  embrown,  noun. 

229 
Barn,  yarn,  tarn,  darn. 

230 

Born,  bourne,  corn,  horn,  morn,  adorn,  scorn,  thorn, 
suborn,  unicorn,  sorn,  Capricorn,  shorn,  torn,  worn, 
lorn,  forlorn,  lovelorn,  sworn,  forsworn,  overborne, 
mourn,  warn,  forewarn,  forborne. 

231 

Burn,  churn,  spurn,  turn,  urn,  return,  overturn, 
tern,  discern,  earn,  sojourn,  adjourn,  rejourn,  fern, 
stern,  hern,  concern,  learn,  yearn,  quern,  dern,  cterne. 


Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes  33 

232 
Words  ending  with  the  sound  of  p. 

Ape,  cape,  shape,  grape,  rape,  scape,  scrape,  escape, 
nape,  chape,  trape,  jape,  crape,  tape. 

233 
Cap,   dap,  gap,  hap,  lap,   map,  nap,  pap,  rap,   sap, 
tap,  chap,  clap,  trap,  fap,  flap,  knap,  slap,  snap,  wrap, 
scrap,  strap,  enwrap,  entrap,  mishap,  affrap,  mayhap. 

234 
Creep,  deep,  sleep,  keep,  peep,  sheep,  steep,  sweep, 
weep,  asleep,  cheap,  heap,  neap. 

235 
Step,  nep,  skep,  rep,  steppe. 

236 
Gripe,   pipe,   ripe,   snipe,   type,   stripe,  wipe,   arche- 
type, prototype.  -t>>ii0^ift- 

237 
Chip,   lip,   hip,   clip,   dip,   drip,   nip,   sip,   rip,    scrip, 
ship,  skip,  slip,  snip,  strip,  tip,  trip,  whip,  equip,  and 
words  ending  in  ship  with  the  accent  on  the  ante- 
penult; as  fellowship. 

238 
Hope,  cope,  mope,  grope,  pope,  rope,  scope,  slope, 
trope,   aslope,   elope,   interlope,   telescope,   heliotrope, 
horoscope,  antelope,  ope.  .^Mki    ^^^^^Aa. . 

239 
Chop,   hop,   drop,   crop,   fop,   top,   pop,   prop,   flop, 
shop,  slop,  sop,  stop,  swap,  underprop,    ciir^ 

240 
Loop,  poop,  scoop,  stoop,  troop,  droop,  whoop,  coop, 
hoop,  soup,  group,  dupe,  cantaloup,  troupe. 


34  Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes 

241 

Cup,  sup,  pup,  dup,  up, 

242 

Alp,  scalp. 

243 

Help,  whelp,  kelp,  yelp. 

244 
Holp,  colp. 

245 

Gulp,  sculp,  pulp,  ensculp. 

246 
Camp,   champ,   cramp,  damp,   stamp,   vamp,   lamp, 
clamp,  decamp,  encamp. 

247 
Imp,  limp,  pimp,  gimp,  jimp.^^-'-v^-'vYN^ 

248 
Pomp,  swamp,  romp. 

249 
Bump,    pump,   jump,   lump,    plump,    rump,    stump, 
trump,  thump,  clump. 

250 
Carp,  harp,  sharp,  counterscarp. 

251 

Thorp,  warp. 

252 
Usurp,  chirp,  extirp,  discerp. 

253 
Asp,  clasp,  gasp,  grasp,  hasp,  rasp. 

254 
Crisp,  wisp,  lisp. 


Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes  35 

255 
Words  ending  with  the  sound  of  r. 

Care,  dare,  fare,  gare,  hare,  mare,  pare,  tare,  ware, 
flare,  glare,  scare,  share,  snare,  spare,  square,  stare, 
sware,  yare,  prepare,  aware,  beware,  compare,  declare, 
ensnare,  air,  vair,  fair,  hair,  lair,  pair,  chair,  stair, 
affair,  debonair,  despair,  impair,  glair,  repair,  bear, 
pear,  swear,  tear,  wear,  forbear,  forswear,  there,  were, 
where,  ere,  e'er,  ne'er,  elsewhere,  whate'er,  howe'er, 
howsoever,  whene'er,  where'er,  heir,  coheir,  their,  bare. 

256 

Czar,  bar,  car,  far,  mar,  par,  tar,  spar,  scar,  star, 
char,  afar,  debar,  petar,  unbar,  catarrh,  particular,  per- 
pendicular, secular,  angular,  regular,  popular,  singular, 
titular,  vinegar,  scimetar,  calendar,  avatar,  cinnabar, 
caviare,  are,  jar. 

257 

Beer,  deer,  fleer,  gear,  jeer,  peer,  meer,  leer,  sheer, 
steer,  sneer,  cheer,  veer,  pickeer,  domineer,  cannoneer, 
compeer,  engineer,  mutineer,  pioneer,  privateer,  char- 
ioteer, chanticleer,  career,  mountaineer,  fere,  here, 
sphere,  adhere,  cohere,  interfere,  persevere,  revere, 
austere,  severe,  sincere,  hemisphere,  ear,  clear,  dear, 
fear,  near,  sear,  hear,  pier,  bier,  tier,  smear,  spear, 
tear,  rear,  year,  appear,  besmear,  bandolier,  disappear, 
endear,  auctioneer,  seer,  shear. 

258 
Er  as  in  administer. 

Islander,  arbiter,  character,  villager,  cottager,  dow- 
ager, forager,  pillager,  voyager,  massacre,  gardener, 
slanderer,  flatterer,  idolater,  provender,  theatre,  am- 
phitheatre, foreigner,  lavender,  messenger,  passenger, 
sorcerer,  interpreter,  officer,  mariner,  harbinger,  min- 
ister, register,  canister,  chorister,  sophister,  presbyter, 
lawgiver,    philosopher,    astrologer,    loiterer,    prisoner, 


/ 

36  Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes 

grasshopper,   astronomer,   sepulchre,   thunderer,   trav- 
eler, murderer,  usurer.    ^^^^AA^v^z-t.    QLl^^L?t^    "^^Ji^roA^ 

259  9-«>*/>^     AW(3JLA»    \J^ 

Her,  sir,  fir,  burr,  cur,  err,  aver,  defer,  infer,  deter, 

inter,    refer,     transfer,    confer,    prefer,    whirr,  purr, 

myrrh,    slur,    fur,    bur,    spur,    concur,    demur,  incur, 
skirr,  amateur,  connoisseur,  bon-viveur. 

260 
Fire,   dire,   hire,   ire,   lyre,   mire,   quire,   sire,   spire, 
squire,  wire,  tire,  attire,  acquire,  admire,  aspire,  con- 
spire, desire,   inquire,  entire,  expire,  inspire,  require, 
retire,  transpire,  gipsire,  gire,  pyre,  choir,    ^i-*.^*.-'*- 

261 
Or,  for,  four,  abhor,  bore,  boar,  pour,  pore,  tore,  tor, 
hoar,  war,  corps,  core,  gore,  lore,  more,  ore,  score, 
shore,  snore,  sore,  store,  swore,  wore,  adore,  afore, 
ashore,  deplore,  explore,  implore,  restore,  forebore, 
foreswore,  oar,  roar,  soar,  door,  floor,  o'er,  encore, 
and  other  words  in  or  which  have  the  accent  on  the 
last  syllable  or  the  third  syllable  from  the  end  of 
the  word. 

262 
Cure,  pure,  dure,  lure,  sure,  adjure,  allure,  assure, 
demure,  conjure,  endure,  manure,  inure,  insure,  imma- 
ture, immure,  mature,  obscure,  procure,  secure,  adjure, 
calenture,  coverture,  epicure,  investiture,  forfeiture, 
furniture,  miniature,  nouriture,  overture,  portraiture, 
primogeniture,  temperature,  poor,  moor,  your,  con- 
tour, amour,  boor,  tour.        u>aWlA 

263 

Our,  bower,  tower,  deflower,  flower,  devour,  scour, 
sour,  lour,  hour,  flour. 


Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes  37 

264 

Words  ending  with  one  of  the  sounds  of  s.    They  are 

words  ending  in  ce,  se,  s  and  ze. 

Craze,  daze,  blaze,  gaze,  maze,  raze,  amaze,  glaze, 
graze,  raise,  praise,  dispraise,  phrase,  paraphrase, 
maize,  and  the  words  in  number  one  when  s  is  added 
to  them ;  as,  days.  CMM^-''^''**^*'^^^ 

265 

Has,  as. 

266 

Ace,  dace,  pace,  face,  lace,  mace,  race,  brace,  chase, 
grace,  place,  Thrace,  space,  trace,  apace,  deface,  efface, 
disgrace,  displace,  misplace,  embrace,  grimace,  inter- 
lace,   retrace,   populace,    carapace,   base,   case,    abase,    )\L,'K'G^KitJL. 
debase,  bass. 

267 

Ass,  brass,  class,  grass,  lass,  mass,  pass,  alas, 
amass,  cuirass,  repass,  surpass,  morass,  gas,  bass.    c^jLtj^^^i^*^ 

268 
Breeze,    freeze,    wheeze,    sneeze,    squeeze,    cheese, 
these,  ease,   appease,   disease,   displease,   tease,   seize, 
frieze,   please,    and    words    in    number    3    when    s    is 
added  to  them. 

269 
Cease,  lease,  release,  grease,  decease,  decrease,  in- 
crease,  release,   surcease,   peace,   piece,   niece,   fleece, 
geese,  frontispiece,  apiece,  Greece. 

270 
ESS — Bless,  dress,  cess,  chess,  guess,  less,  mess, 
press,  stress,  acquiesce,  access,  address,  assess,  com- 
press, confess,  caress,  depress,  digress,  dispossess, 
distress,  excess,  express,  impress,  oppress,  possess, 
profess,  recess,  repress,  redress,  success,  transgress, 
bashfulness,  bitterness,  cheerfulness,  comfortless, 
comeliness,     dizziness,     diocese,     drowsiness,     eager- 


38  Dictionary  of  EnglisbR|i^[j^«5'"'^'^ 

ness,  easiness,  embassadress,  emptiness,  evenness, 
fatherless,  filthiness,  foolishness,  forgetfulness,  for- 
wardness, frowardness,  fruitfulness,  fulsomeness,  gid- 
diness, greediness,  gentleness,  governess,  happiness, 
haughtiness,  heaviness,  idleness,  heinousness,  hoari- 
ness,  hollowness,  holiness,  lasciviousness,  lawfulness, 
laziness,  littleness,  liveliness,  loftiness,  lioness,  lowli- 
ness, manliness,  masterless,  mightiness,  motherless, 
motionless,  nakedness,  neediness,  noisomeness,  num- 
berless, patroness,  peevishness,  perfidiousness,  pitiless, 
poetess,  prophetess,  ransomless,  readiness,  righteous- 
ness, shepherdess,  sorceress,  sordidness,  spiritless, 
sprightliness,  stubbornness,  sturdiness,  surliness, 
steadiness,  tenderness,  thoughtfulness,  ugliness,  un- 
easiness, unhappiness,  votaress,  usefulness,  wakeful- 
ness, wantonness,  weaponless,  weariness,  duresse, 
cesse,  yes,  willingness,  wilfulness,  weariness,  wicked- 
ness, wilderness,  wretchedness,  drunkenness,  childish- 
ness. ^a^jJ^-^^Jlj^^^^    'Uy>^vfi**«,. 

271 

Disguise,  guise,  despise,  merchandise,  rise,  wise, 
advise,  devise,  improvise,  supervise,  revise. 

Excise,  exercise,  exorcise,  circumcise,  criticise.  An- 
glicise,  compromise,   demise,   premise,    surmise. 

Comprise,  enterprise,  surprise,  apprise,  emprise,  ad- 
vertise, chastise. 

Civilize,  idolize,  realize,  signalize,  agonize,  tyran- 
nize, canonize,  catechize,  solemnize,  authorize,  pul- 
verize, summarize,  sympathize,  immortalize,  systema- 
tize, assize,  prize,  size.  Sic^Vns 

The  words  from  disguise  to  civilize  have  s  and  not 
z  as  their  last  consonant.  All  other  words  ending 
with  the  sound  of  ise  in  despise,  may  be  given  z 
and  not  s  as  the  last  consonant ;  except  franchise 
and  its  compounds. 

Let  us  give  no  word  the  ending  cize,  prize  or  vize 
except  prize,  and  let  us  give  no  word  the  ending 
lise,  nise,  or  tise  except  chastise  and  advertise.     The 


Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes  39 

rules  do  not  apply  of  course  to  words  containing  the 
short  sound  of  i  as  treatise  and  mortise.  The  words 
in  number  271  rhyme  with  the  words  in  number  4 
when  s  or  es  is  added  to  them. 

272 
Ice,  dice,  mice,  nice,  price,  rice,  spice,  slice,  thrice, 
trice,    advice,    entice,    vice,    device,    concise,    precise, 
paradise,  splice,  suffice,  sacrifice  and  the  noun  rise. 

273 
Bliss,  miss,  hiss,  kiss,  this,  abyss,  amiss,  submiss, 
dismiss,  remiss,  wis,  Dis,  spiss.  J-l'jA 

274  Uif^r^,  .,  <. 

Close,   dose,  hose,   pose,  chose,   glose,   froze,   nose,    '^•^^^ ;  ^"^^^^ 
prose,  those,  rose,  compose,  depose,  disclose,  dispose,    ^itju^ 
discompose,  expose,  impose,  inclose,  interpose,  oppose, 
propose,  recompose,  repose,  suppose,  transpose,  arose, 
presuppose,  foreclose,  and  words  in  number  5  when  s 
is  added  to  them,  ^ctr^iw^**^-*-      <sj?toL>j^ 

275 

Close,  dose,  jocose,  morose,  gross,  engross,  verbose. 

276 
Gloss,  boss,  emboss,  soss,  albatross,  dross. 
Let   us   give   o   in   the   words   in   number   276   the 
sound  of  o  in  not. 

277 

Cross,  moss,  loss. 

Let  us  give  o  in  these  three  words  in  number  277 
the  sound  of  aw  in  law,  which  is  the  sound  of  au  in 
caustic. 

278 
Lose,  choose,  shoes,  ooze,  noose,  whose,  muse,  the 
verb  use,  abuse,  amuse,  news,  diffuse,  excuse,  infuse, 
misuse,    peruse,    refuse,    suffuse,    transfuse,    accuse, 


40  Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes 

bruise,  cruise,  and  words  in  number  7  when  s  is  added 
to  them;  as  dews. 

279 

The  noun  use,  disuse,  abuse,  dence,  truce,  goose, 
noose,  moose,  loose,  truce,  sluice,  spruce,  deuce,  con- 
duce, deduce,  induce,  introduce,  produce,  seduce,  tra- 
duce, juice,  reduce,  abstruse,  excuse,  misuse,  obtuse, 
recluse. 

280 

Us,  thus,  buss,  pus,  plus,  cuss,  truss,  discuss,  in- 
cubus, overplus,  amorcus,  boisterous,  clamorous,  cred- 
ulous, dangerous,  degenerous,  generous,  emulous,  fab- - 
[Ifij^fjir^j^/ij^  ulous,  frivolous,  hazardous,  idolatrous,  infamous, 
miraculous,  mischievous,  mountainous,  mutinous, 
necessitous,  numerous,  ominous,  perilous,  poisonous, 
populous,  prosperous,  ridiculous,  riotous,  ruinous, 
scandalous,  scrupulous,  sedulous,  traitorous,  teacher- 
ous,  tyrannous,  venomous,  vigorous,  villainous,  ad- 
venturous, adulterous,  ambiguous,  blasphemous,  do- 
lorous, fortuitous,  sonorous,  gluttonous,  gratuitous,  in- 
credulous, lecherous,  libidinous,  magnanimous,  ob- 
streperous, odoriferous,  ponderous,  ravenous,  rigorous, 
slanderous,  solicitous,  timorous,  valorous,  unanimous, 
calamitous.-4dNAjfiiutS>^ar«^^^'^*^/  A^vtifMy  JU/^UJI/W^  i   . 

281  ^JvlAUUa 

Alms,  calms,  balms,  becalms,  psalms,  palms,  em- 
balms. 

282 

Cause,  pause,  clause,  applause,  gauze,  because,  and 
the  words  in  number  2  when  s  is  added  to  them ;  as, 
laws,  saws. 

283 

Blowze,  browse,  rouse,  spouse,  carouse,  touse,  es- 
pouse, and  words  in  number  6  when  s  is  added  to 
them. 

284 

House,  mouse,  chouse,  douse,  grouse,  louse. 


Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes  41 

285 
Poise,  noise,  counterpoise,  equipose,  and  words  in 
oy  number  8  when  s  is  added  to  them. 

286 
Choice,  voice,  rejoice. 

287 
Adze,  rhymes  with  words  in  number  23  when  s  is 
added  to  them. 

288 

Ides,  besides,  and  words  in  number  26  when  s  is 
added  to  them. 

289 
Suds  rhymes  with  Avords  in  number  31  when  s  is 
added  to  them. 

290 
False,  waltz,  and  words  in  number  342  when  s  is 
added  to  them. 

291 
Pulse,  repulse,  impulse,  expulse,  convulse,  insulse.  '>  \^' '' 

292 

Betimes,  and  words  in  number  202  when  s  is  added 
to  them. 

293 

Chance,  dance,  glance,  lance,  trance,  prance,  en- 
trance, romance,  advance,  mischance,  complaisance, 
circumstance,  countenance,  deliverance,  consonance, 
dissonance,  extravagance,  ignorance,  inheritance, 
maintenance,  temperance,  intemperance,  exorbitance, 
ordinance,  sufferance,  sustenance,  utterance,  arro- 
gance, vigilance,  expanse,  enhance.    cv<0^^  >  5^ol/<v^  r^jsACf^  ^ 

294 
Amends,  cleanse,  dens,  hens,  fens,  kens,  pens,  lens, 
tens,  wrens,  denizens,  and  words  in  number  45  when 
s  is  added  to  them. 


42  Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes 

295 

Fence,  hence,  pence,  thence,  whence,  defense,  ex- 
pense, offense,  pretense,  commence,  abstinence,  cir- 
cumference, conference,  confidence,  consequence, 
continence,  benevolence,  concupiscence,  difference, 
diffidence,  diligence,  eloquence,  eminence,  evidence, 
excellence,  impenitence,  impertinence,  impotence,  im- 
pudence, improvidence,  incontinence,  indifference, 
indigence,  indolence,  inference,  intelligence,  innocence, 
magnificence,  munificence,  negligence,  omnipotence, 
penitence,  preference,  providence,  recompense,  refer- 
ence, residence,  reverence,  vehemence,  violence,  sense, 
dense,  cense,  condense,  immense,  intense,  propense, 
dispense,  suspense,  prepense,  incense,  frankincense, 
accoutrements,  and  words  in  ent  number  351  when  s 
is  added   to  them.  vvArAjj»>nrwA 

296 

Mince,  prince,  since,  quince,  wince,  convince, 
evince. 

297 

Dunce,  once. 

298 

Response,  sconce,  ensconce. 

299 
Ounce,    bounce,     flounce,    renounce,    pounce,     de- 
nounce, pronounce.  ou>nwv»^-»^^^'^-^>' 

300 
Means  rhymes  with  words  in  number  219  when  s 
is  added  to  them. 

301 
Lapse,  elapse,  relapse,  perhaps,  and  the  words  in 
number  233  when  s  is  added  to  them :  as,  caps.  ^5^6^-0^ 

302 
Eclipse,  rhymes  with   words  in   number  237  when 
s  is  added  to  them. 


Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes  43 

303 
Glimpse,  imps,  pimps,  limps,  gimps,  jimps. 

304 
Corpse  rhymes  with  words  in  number  251  when  s 
is  added  to  them. 

305 
Farce,  parse,  sarse,  sparse. 

306 
Fierce,  pierce,  tierce. 

307 
Horse,   endorse,   unhorse,   remorse,   coarse,   course, 
corse,  force,  torse,  morse,  divorce,  enforce,  perforce, 
hoarse,   discourse,    recourse,    intercourse,    source,    re- 
source. 

308 
Verse,  absterse,  adverse,  averse,  converse,  terse,  dis- 
perse, immerse,   perverse,   reverse,   asperse,   intersperse, 
universe,  amerce,   coerce,  nurse,  curse,   purse,  accurse, 
disburse,  imburse,  reimburse,  worse,  hearse. 

309 
Unawares,  theirs,  and  the  words  in  number  255  when 
s  is  added  to  them. 

310 
Quits  rhymes  with  words  in  number  320  when  s  is 
added  to  them. 

311 
Orts   rhymes  with  words  in  number  365   when   s   is 
added  to  them. 

312 
Beaves  rhymes  with  words  in  number  382  when  s  is 
added  to  them. 

313 
Loaves,  groves,  roves,  cloves. 


44  Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes 

314 
Elves,    themselves,    delves,    helves,    twelves,    selves, 
shelves. 

315 

Words  ending  with  the  sound  of  t  preceded  by  a 

vowel   sound. 

Bait,  strait,  v^ait,  av^ait,  great,  straight,  tete-a-tete, 
eight,  weight,  fete,  plait,  gait,  and  words  ending  in 
ate  pronounced  as  in  hate. 

Note. 

Ate  at  the  end  of  verbs  has  the  sound  of  ate  in  hate. 
Final  ate  in  adjectives  has  an  obscure  sound.  Final  ate 
in  some  nouns  has  an  obscure  sound,  in  others  it  has 
the  sound  of  ate  in  hate. 

List  of  words  in  ate. 

Bate,  date,  fate,  gate,  grate,  hate,  mate,  pate,  plate, 
prate,  rate,  state,  sate,  skate,  slate,  abate,  belate,  collate, 
create,  deliberate,  elate,  dilate,  estate,  ingrate,  innate, 
rebate,  relate,  sedate,  translate,  abdicate,  abominate, 
abrogate,  accelerate,  accommodate,  accumulate,  accu- 
rate, adequate,  affectionate,  advocate,  adulterate,  aggra- 
vate, agitate,  alienate,  animate,  annihilate,  antedate, 
anticipate,  antiquate,  arbitrate,  arrogate,  articulate,  as- 
sassinate, calculate,  capitulate,  captivate,  celebrate,  cir- 
culate, coagulate,  commemorate,  commiserate,  commu- 
nicate, compassionate,  confederate,  congratulate,  con- 
gregate, consecrate,  contaminate,  corroborate,  cultivate, 
candidate,  co-operate,  celibate,  considerate,  consulate, 
capacitate,  debihtate,  dedicate,  degenerate,  delegate,  de- 
liberate, denominate,  depopulate,  dislocate,  deprecate, 
discriminate,  derogate,  dissipate,  delicate,  disconsolate, 
desolate,  desperate,  educate,  effeminate,  elevate,  emu- 
late, estimate,  elaborate,  equivocate,  eradicate. 

Evaporate,  exaggerate,  exasperate,  expostulate,  ex- 
terminate, extricate,  facilitate,  fortunate,  generate,  grat- 
ulate,    hesitate,    iUiterate,    illuminate,    irritate,    imitate, 


Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes  45  j^ 

immoderate,  Impetrate,  importunate,  imprecate,  inani- 
mate, innovate,  instigate,  intemperate,  intimate,  intimi- 
date, intoxicate,  intricate,  invalidate,  inveterate,  invio-  --r*  ^s 
late,  legitimate,  magistrate,  meditate,  mitigate,  moderate,'''*''^^'''^^'^^ 
necessitate,  nominate,  obstinate,  participate,  passionate, 
penetrate,  perpetrate,  personate,  potentate,  precipitate, 
predestinate,  predominate,  premeditate,  prevaricate,  pro- 
crastinate, profligate,  prognosticate,  propagate,  recrimi- 
nate, regenerate,  regulate,  reiterate,  reprobate,  reverber- 
ate, ruminate,  separate,  sophisticate,  stipulate,  subju- 
gate, subordinate,  suffocate,  terminate,  tolerate,  tem- 
perate, vindicate,  violate,  unfortunate,  ate. 

316 
At,  bat,  cat,  hat,  fat,  mat,  pat,  rat,  sat,  tat,  vat,  brat, 
chat,  flat,  lat,  sprat,  that,  gnat.  ct^X    vco^ 

Bleat,  eat,  feat,  heat,\meat,  neat,  seat,  treat,  wheat, 
beat,  cheat,  defeat,  estreat,  escheat,  entreat,  retreat, 
obsolete,  replete,  concrete,  complete,  feet,  fleet,  effete, 
gleet,  greet,  meet,  sheet,  sleet,  street,  sweet,  discreet, 
beet,  mete,  suite. 

318  ^ 

Bet,  get,  jet,  fret,  let,  met,  net,  set,  wet,  whet,  yet, 
debt,  abet,  beget,  beset,  forget,  regret,  alphabet,  amulet, 
anchoret,  cabinet,  epithet,  parapet,  rivulet,  violet,  coro- 
net, parquette,  basinet,  wagonette,  cadet,  epaulet,  piquet, 
sweat,  threat,  rosette,  silhouette. 

319 
Bite,  cite,  kite,  mite,  quite,  rite,  site,  smite,  spite, 
sprite,  trite,  white,  write,  accite,  contrite,  excite,  incite, 
indite,  indict,  invite,  polite,  recite,  requite,  unite,  zoo- 
phyte, aconite,  acolyte,  anchorite,  despite,  disunite, 
appetite,  coenobite,  dynamite,  expedite,  parasite,  prose- 
lyte, reunite,  satellite,  blight,  bright,  dight,  fight,  flight, 
fright,  height,  knight,  light,  might,  pight,  plight,  right, 


46  Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes 

sight,  slight,  tight,  affright,  alight,  aright,  bedight,  be- 
night, delight,  foresight,  midnight,  moonlight,  twilight, 
upright,  oversight,  night. 

320 

Bit,  cit,  hit,  fit,  grit,  flit,  knit,  pit,  quit,  sit,  split,  twit, 
wit,  chit,  whit,  writ,  admit,  acquit,  commit,  emit,  omit, 
outwit,  permit,  remit,  submit,  transmit,  refit,  benefit, 
perquisite,  requisite. 

321 

Note,  vote,  lote,  mote,  quote,  rote,  wrote,  smote,  tote, 
denote,  promote,  remote,  devote,  anecdote,  antidote, 
boat,  coat,  bloat,  dote,  float,  gloat,  goat,  oat,  overfloat, 
throat,  moat,  afloat. 

322 

Clot,  cot,  blot,  got,  hot,  jot,  lot,  knot,  not,  plot,  pot, 
scot,  shot,  sot,  spot,  apricot,  trot,  rot,  begot,  forgot, 
allot,  besot,  complot,  grot,  polyglot,  yacht,  melilot,  quat. 
counterplot,  what,  squat. 

323 

Brute,  lute,  flute,  mute,  acute,  compute,  confute,  dis- 
pute, dilute,  depute,  impute,  minute,  pollute,  refute, 
salute,  absolute,  attribute,  contribute,  constitute,  desti- 
tute, dissolute,  execute,  institute,  persecute,  prosecute, 
resolute,  substitute,  fruit,  bruit,  suit,  recruit,  boot,  hoot, 
coot,  shoot,  toot,  soot,  root,  route. 

324 
But,  butt,   cut,   hut,   gut,   glut,  jut,   nut,   shut,   strut, 
englut,  rut,  scut,  slut,  smut,  abut,  soot. 

325 
Foot,  put. 

326 
Bought,   taut,   ought,   thought,   brought,    forethought, 
fought,  nought,   sought,  wrought,  besought,  bethought, 
methought,    aught,    naught,    haught,     taught,    caught, 
fraught,  distraught. 


Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes  47 

327 

Bout,  stout,  out,  clout,  pout,  gout,  grout,  rout,  scout, 
shout,  snout,  spout,  sprout,  trout,  about,  devout,  with- 
out, throughout,  doubt,  redoubt,  misdoubt,  drought. 

328 

Doit,  exploit,  adroit,  quoit. 

329 
Words  ending  in  ct. 

Act,  fact,  pact,  tract,  attract,  abstract,  extract,  com- 
pact, contract,  detract,  distract,  exact,  protract,  enact, 
infract,  subtract,  transact,  cataract,  fract,  tact,  intact, 
contact,  subact,  co-act,  retract,  re-act,  counteract,  the 
preterites  and  participles  of  verbs  in  number  149. 

330 
Sect,  affect,  correct,  incorrect,  collect,  deject,  detect, 
direct,  disrespect,  disaffect,  dissect,  effect,  elect,  eject, 
erect,  expect,  indirect,  infect,  inspect,  neglect,  object, 
project,  protect,  recollect,  reflect,  reject,  respect,  select, 
subject,  suspect,  architect,  circumspect,  direct,  intellect, 
and  the  preterites  and  participles  of  verbs  in  number 
152. 

331 
Strict,  addict,  afflict,  conflict,   convict,  inflict,   contra- 
dict,  pict,   and   the   preterites   and   participles   of   verbs 
in  number  155. 

332 
Concoct  and  the  preterites   and  participles  of  verbs 
in  number  159. 

333 
Conduct,  deduct,  instruct,  obstruct,  aqueduct,  and  the 
preterites  and  participles  of  verbs  in  number  162. 

334 

Instinct,  distinct,  extinct,  precinct,  succinct,  tinct,  and 
the  preterites  and  participles  of  verbs  in  number  170. 


48  Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes 

335 

Defunct,  disjunct,  and  the  preterites  and  participles 
of  verbs  in  number  172. 

336 
Words  ending   in   ft. 

Aft,  daft,  haft,  raft,  waft,  craft,  shaft,  abaft,  graft, 
draft,  ingraft,  handicraft,  draught,  and  the  preterites 
and  participles  of  verbs  in  number  58. 

337 

Cleft,  left,  theft,  weft,  bereft. 

338 
Gift,  drift,  shift,  lift,  rift,  sift,  thrift,  adrift,  and  the 
preterites  and  participles  of  verbs  in  number  62. 

339 
Oft,  croft,  soft,  aloft,  scoffed,  coughed,  doffed,  loft. 

340 
Tuft   rhymes   with   the   preterites   and   participles   of 
verbs  in  number  66. 

341 
Words  ending  in  It. 

Shalt,  alt,  asphalt. 

342 
Halt,  malt,  exalt,  salt,  vault,  assault,  default,  fault. 

343 
Belt,  gelt,  melt,  felt,  welt,  smelt,  pelt,  dwelt,  dealt. 

344      ^^ 

Gilt,  jilt,  built,  quilt,  guilt,  spilt,  stilt,  tilt,  milt. 

345 
Bolt,  colt,  dolt,  holt,  jolt,  revolt,  thunderbolt,  molt. 


Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes  49 

346 
Result,  adult,  exult,  consult,  indult,  occult,  insult,  dif- 
ficult, catapult. 

347 

Words  ending  with  the  sound  of  mt. 

Tempt,  exempt,  attempt,  contempt,  dreamt. 
P  is  silent  in  the  words  in  number  347. 

348 
Prompt,  romped,  swamped. 

349 
Words  ending  in  nt. 

Faint,  paint,  plaint,  quaint,  saint,  taint,  acquaint, 
attaint,  complaint,  constraint,  restraint,  feint,  aint, 
maynt,  distraint. 

350 

Ant,  cant,  chant,  grant,  pant,  plant,  rant,  slant, 
aslant,  complaisant,  displant,  enchant,  gallant,  implant, 
recant,  supplant,  transplant,  absonant,  adamant,  arro- 
gant, combatant,  consonant,  cormorant,  protestant,  sig- 
nificant, visitant,  covenant,  dissonant,  disputant,  elegant, 
elephant,  exorbitant,  conversant,  extravagant,  ignorant, 
insignificant,  inhabitant,  militant,  predominant,  syco- 
phant, vigilant,  petulant,  shant,  aunt. 

351 

Bent,  lent,  rent,  pent,  scent,  sent,  cent,  shent,  spent,  tent, 
vent,  went,  brent,  hent,  absent,  meant,  ascent,  assent, 
attent,  augment,  cement,  content,  consent,  descent,  dis- 
sent, event,  extent,  foment,  frequent,  indent,  intent,  in- 
vent, lament,  misspent,  o'erspent,  present,  prevent,  relent, 
repent,  resent,  ostent,  ferment,  outwent,  underwent,  dis- 
content, unbent,  circumvent,  represent,  abstinent,  acci- 
dent, accomplishment,  admonishment,  acknowledgment, 
aliment,  arbitrament,  argument,  banishment,  battlement, 
blandishment,  astonishment,  armipotent,  bellipotent,  be- 
nevolent, chastisement. 

Competent,   compliment,   complement,   confident,    con- 


50  Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes 

tinent,  corpulent,  detriment,  different,  diffident,  diligent, 
disparagement,  document,  element,  eloquent,  eminent, 
equivalent,  establishment,  evident,  excellent,  excrement, 
exigent,  experiment,  firmament,  fraudulent,  government, 
embellishment,  imminent,  impenitent,  impertinent,  im- 
plement, impotent,  imprisonment,  improvident,  impudent, 
incident,  incompetent,  incontinent,  indifferent,  indigent, 
innocent,  insolent,  instrument,  irreverent,  languishment, 
ligament,  lineament,  magnificent,  management,  medica- 
ment, malcontent,  monument,  negligent,  nourishment, 
nutriment,  Occident,  omnipotent,  opulent,  ornament, 
parliament,  penitent,  permanent,  pertinent,  president, 
precedent,  prevalent,  provident,  punishment,  ravishment, 
regiment,  resident,  redolent,  rudiment,  sacrament,  sedi- 
ment, sentiment,  settlement,  subsequent,  supplement,  in- 
telligent, tenement,  temperament,  testament,  tournament, 
turbulent,  vehement,  violent,  virulent,  reverent. 

352 

Dint,  mint,  hint,  flint,  lint,  print,  squint,  asquint,  im- 
print, sprint,  quint,  tint.  oSi^^*^ 


Won't,  don't. 
Font,  want. 


353 


354 


355 
Brunt,  blunt,  hunt,  gnmt,  front,  wont,  runt. 

356 

Aunt,  daunt,  gaunt,  haunt,  jaunt,  taunt,  vaunt,  avaunt. 

357 
Count,  mount,  fount,  amount,  dismount,  remount,  sur- 
mount, account,  discount,  miscount,  account. 

358 
Oint,    joint,    point,    disjoint,    anoint,    appoint,    aroint, 
disappoint,  counterpoint. 


Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes  51 

359 
Words  ending  in  pt. 

Apt,  adapt,  and  the  preterites  and  participles  of  verbs 
in  number  233. 

360 
Accept,    adept,    except,    intercept,    crept,    sept,    slept, 
wept,  kept. 

361 
Adopt  rhymes  with  preterites  and  participles  of  verbs 
in  number  239. 

362 
Abrupt,  corrupt,  interrupt,  and  the  preterites  and  par- 
ticiples of  the  verbs  in  number  241. 

363 
Words  ending  in  rt. 

Art,  heart,  hart,  cart,  dart,  mart,  part,  smart,  tart, 
start,  apart,  depart,  impart,  dispart,  counterpart. 

364 
Wert,  advert,  assert,  avert,  concert,  convert,  contro- 
vert, desert,  divert,  exert,  expert,  insert,  invert,  pervert, 
subvert,  shirt,  dirt,  squirt,  flirt,  blurt,  hurt,  spurt. 

365 
Short,    sort,    exhort,    consort,    distort,    extort,    resort, 
retort,  snort,  mort,  wart,  fort,  port,  court,  report,  mort, 
thwart,  quart,  swart. 

366 
Words  ending  in  st. 

Baste,  chaste,  haste,  paste,  taste,  waste,  distaste,  waist, 
and  the  preterites  and  participles  of  verbs  in  number 
266. 

367 

Cast,  last,  blast,  mast,  past,  vast,  hast,  fast,  aghast, 
avast,  forecast,  overcast,  outcast,  repast,  caste  and  the 
preterites  and  participles  of  verbs  in  number  267. 


52  Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes 

368 
Priest,  east,  beast,  feast,  least,  yeast,  and  the  preterites 
and  participles  of  verbs  in  number  269. 

369 
Best,  chest,  crest,  guest,  jest,  nest,  pest,  quest,  rest, 
test,  vest,  lest,  west,  arrest,  attest,  bequest,  contest,  de- 
test, digest,  divest,  invest,  palimpsest,  alkahest,  infest, 
molest,  obtest,  protest,  request,  suggest,  unrest,  interest, 
manifest,  breast,  abreast,  wrest,  and  the  preterites  and 
participles  of  verbs  in  number  270. 

370 

Fist,    list,    mist,    twist,    wrist,    assist,    consist,    resist, 

/^    ^^X       desist,    exist,    insist,    persist,    resist,    subsist,    alchemist, 

^3^  /y^       amethyst,     anatomist,    antagonist,    annalist,    evangelist, 

jBL'i^JU^tA'         Eucharist,  exorcist,  herbalist,  humorist,  oculist,  organist, 

satirist,   and  the   preterites  and   participles  of   verbs  in 

number  273. 

371 
Ghost,  post,  most,  coast,  and  the  second  person  sin- 
gular present  of  verbs  in  number  5 ;  as,  bestowst. 

Cost,  frost,  lost,  accost,  holocaust,  crossed,  mossed.'Ts^^ 
Let  us  give  o  in  these  words  in  number  372  the  sound 
of  aw  in  saw  which  is  the  sound  of  au  in  caustic. 

Pentecost,  glossed,  bossed,  embossed,  sossed,  drossed. 
Let  us  give  o  in  these  words  the  sound  of  o  in  not. 

374 
Bust,  crust,  dust,  just,  must,  lust,  rust,  thrust,  trust, 
adjust,   disgust,   distrust,   intrust,   mistrust,    robust,   un- 
just,  dost,   and   preterites   and   participles   of   verbs   in 
number  280. 

375 
Hoist,  moist,   foist,  and  the  preterites  and  participles 
of  verbs  in  number  286. 


Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes  53 

376 

Midst,  amidst,  didst,  and  the  second  person  singular 
present  of  verbs  in  number  27. 

377 
Burst,  curst,  durst,  accurst,  thirst,  worst,  first,  versed, 
and  the  preterites  and  participles  of  verbs  in  number 
308. 

378 

Words  ending  in  xt. 

Next,  pretext,  and  the  preterites  and  participles  of 
verbs  in  number  153.  » 

379 
Betwixt  rhymes  with  the  preterites  and  participles  of 
verbs  in  number  156. 

380 
Words  ending  with  the  sound  of  v. 

Cave,  brave,  gave,  grave,  crave,  lave,  nave,  knave, 
pave,  rave,  save,  shave,  slave,  stave,  wave,  behave,  de- 
prave, engrave,  outbrave,  forgave,  misgave,  architrave, 
waive: 

381 

Calve,  halve,  salve. 

L  is  silent  in  these  words. 

382 

Cleave,  heave,  interweave,  leave,  lieve,  weave,  be- 
reave, inweave,  receive,  conceive,  deceive,  perceive,  eve, 
grieve,  sleeve,  thieve,  aggrieve,  achieve,  believe,  disbe- 
lieve, relieve,  reprieve,  retrieve. 

Ei  for  ie  or  the  long  sound  of  e  is  not  used  in  mono- 
syllables. 

Exceptions,  seine,  seize,  weird,  and  ceil  because  ie  is 
never  used  after  c.     Hence,  perceive. 

383 
Five,  dive,  alive,  gyve,  hive,  drive,  rive,  shrive,  strive, 
thrive,  arrive,  connive,  contrive,  deprive,  derive,  revive, 
survive. 


54  Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes 

384 

Give,  live,  sieve,  fugitive,  positive,  sensitive. 

385 
Wove,  inwove,  interv^ove,  alcove,  clove,  grove,  rove, 
stove,  strove,  throve,  drove,  hove. 

386 
Dove,  love,  shove,  glove,  above. 

387 
Approve,  disprove,  disapprove,  improve,  groove,  prove, 
reprove. 

388 
Delve,  helve,  twelve,  shelve. 

389 
Solve,    absolve,    resolve,    convolve,    involve,    devolve, 
dissolve,  revolve. 

390 
Carve,  starve. 

391 
Serve,  nerve,  swerve,  preserve,  deserve,  conserve,  ob- 
serve, reserve,  disserve,  subserve,  curve. 

Words  ending  with  the  sound  of  v  are  all  spelled 
with  final  e.     The  letter  u  is  never  used  before  final  ve. 

392 
Rh5mie. 

Words  or  syllables  which  have  the  same  sound  do 
not  rhyme.  Hence,  sent  and  cent,  possess  and  re- 
cess, fair  and  fare,  do  not  rhyme.  Words  or  syl- 
lables which  have  a  different  sound,  but  the  same 
sounding  vocal  ending  are  words  or  syllables  that 
rhyme.  Hence  the  following  words  rhyme :  track, 
rack,  blame,  lame,  mile,  smile,  shows,  those,  chose, 
hose. 

393 
Words  that  have  no  rhyme. 

Against,  bilge,  chimney,  coif,  crimson,  culm,  cusj^ 
fugue,  revenge,  gulf,  have,  microcosm,  month,  the  verb 


Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes 


55 


mouth,  oblige^  rhomb,  scarce,  scarf,  silver,  widow,  win- 
dow, valve,  alb,  glebe,  bulb,  daub,  was. 

"   -^C-a/v    '\^-^-«-    A4A^  I  ' 


394 
Homonyms. 

A  homonym  is  a  word  that  has  the  same  sound  as 
another  word  with  a  different  meaning.  A  word  does 
not  rhyme  with  its  homonym  or  homonyms. 


Ail,  ale. 

Air,  ere,  e'er,  heir. 

Alligation,  allegation. 

Aisle,  isle,  I'll. 

All,  awl. 

Altar,  alter. 

Arc,  ark. 

Ascent,  assent. 

Ate,  eight. 

Auger,  augur. 

Aught,  ought. 

Bad,  bade. 

Bail,  bale. 

Bald,  bawled. 

Ball,  bawl. 

Ballot,  ballet. 

Bear,  bare. 

Baron,  barren. 

Base,  bass. 

Bay,  bey. 

Bays,  baize. 

Be,  bee. 

Blew,    blue. 

Born,  bourne,  borne. 

Beach,  beech. 

Beat,  beet. 

Beau,  bow. 

Been,  bin. 

Beer,  bier. 


Bell,  belle. 
Berry,  bury. 
Berth,  birth. 
Boar,  bore. 
Board,  bored. 
Bold,   bowled. 
Bolder,   boulder. 
Bole,  boll,  bowl. 
Borough,  burro,  burrow. 
Bough,  bow. 
Brake,  break. 
Breach,  breech. 
Bread,  bred. 
Bridal,  bridle. 
Broach,  brooch. 
Bruise,   brews. 
But,  butt. 
Buy,  by,  bye. 
Calendar,   calender. 
Call,  caul. 
Canon,  cannon. 
Canvas,  canvass. 
Chased,   chaste. 
Capital,  capitol. 
Caret,   carat,   carrot. 
Cast,  caste. 
Caster,   castor. 
Cause,  caws. 
Cede,  seed. 


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Ceil,  seal. 

Ceiling,  sealing-. 

Cell,  sell. 

Cellar,  seller. 

Cent,   sent,  scent. 

Censor,   censer. 

Cereal,  serial. 

Cession,  session. 

Chews,  choose. 

Choir,   quire. 

Chord,   cord. 

Chute,  shoot. 

Clause,   claws. 

Climb,   clime. 

Coarse,  course. 

Coat,  cote. 

Collar,  choler. 

Colonel,  kernel. 

Compliment,  complement. 

Coral,  corol. 

Core,   corps. 

Cousin,  cozen. 

Council,    counsel. 

Courser,  coarser. 

Creak,  creek. 

Crews,  cruise. 

Culler,  color. 

Currant,  current. 

Cymbal,  symbol. 

Days,  daze. 

Dear,  deer. 

Deign,   Dane. 

Dew,  due.6>o 

Die,  dye. 

Dire,  dyer. 

Discreet,  discrete. 

Doe,  dough. 

Done,  dun. 


Dost,  dust. 
Draft,  draught. 
Dual,  duel. 
Earn,  urn. 
Eye,  ay,  aye,  I. 
Ewe,  yew,  you. 
Ewer,   your. 
Eyelet,  islet. 
Fain,  fein,  feign. 
Faint,   feint. 
Fair,   fare. 
False,  faults. 
Fate,    fete. 
Faun,   fawn. 
Feat,  feet. 
Ferrule,  ferule. 
Find,    fined. 
Fir,   fur. 
Fisher,  fissure. 
Flea,  flee. 
Flew,  flue. 
Flour,  flower. 
Floe,  flow. 
Fore,  four,  for. 
Fort,   forte. 
Forth,  fourth. 
Foul,  fowl. 
Frays,   phrase. 
Freeze,  frieze. 
Furs,  furze. 
Gait,  gate. 
Gambol,  gamble. 
Gaul,  gali. 
Gild,  guild. 
Gilt,  guilt. 
Glare,   glair. 
Grate,   great. 
Greater,  grater. 


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Grease,   Greece. 
Grieves,  greeves. 
Grisly,  grizzly. 
Groan,  grown. 
Grocer,   grosser. 
Guessed,  guest. 
Hail,  hale. 
Hair,  hare. 
Hall,  haul. 
Hart,  heart. 
Heal,  heel. 
Hear,  here. 
Heard,  herd. 
Hew,  hue. 
Hie,  high. 
Hied,  hide. 
Higher,  hire. 
Him,  hymn. 
Hoes,  hose. 
Hole,    whole. 
Holy,  wholly. 
Hour,   our. 
Hoard,  horde. 
Idle,  idol,  idyl. 
In,,  inn. 
Indict,  indite. 
Jam,  jamb. 
Key,  quay. 
Kill,  kiln. 
Knave,  nave. 
Knead,  need. 
Knew,  new. 
Knight,  night. 
Knit,  nit. 
Knot,   not. 
Know,   no. 
Lade,   laid. 
Lain,  lane. 


Leach,  leech. 
Lea,  lee. 
Leave,    lieve. 
Lead,  led. 
Leak,   leek. 
Lean,  lien. 
Leased,  least. 
Levy,   levee. 
Lief,  leaf. 
Lessen,  lesson. 
Lie,   lye. 
Limb,  limn. 
Links,   lynx. 
Liar,    lyre. 
Load,  lode. 
Lock,  loch. 
Loan,  lone. 
Loot,   lute. 
Made,  maid. 
Mail,  male. 
Mark,  marque. 
Manner,  manor. 
Mantel,  mantle. 
Main,  Maine,  mane. 
Marshal,  martial. 
Mall,  maul. 
Maize,   maze. 
Mean,  mien. 
Meat,  meet,  mete. 
Medal,  meddle. 
Meed,  mead. 
Metal,  mettle. 
Might,   mite. 
Miner,   minor. 
Missal,   missle. 
Missed,   mist. 
Moan,  mown. 
Moat,   mote. 


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Mom,  mourn. 
Muscle,  mussel. 
Mustard,   mustered. 
Mews,  muse. 
Nay,    neigh. 
None,  nun. 
Nose,   knows. 
Oar,  o'er,  ore. 
Ode,   owed. 
Our,  hour. 
Owe,  oh. 
One,  won. 
Pail,  pale. 
Pain,   pane. 
Pair,  pare,  pear. 
Palate,  palette. 
Past,  passed. 
Patience,  patients. 
Pause,  paws. 
Piece,  peace. 
Peak,  peek,  pique. 
Peal,  peel. 
Pearl,  purl. 
Pedal,  peddle. 
Peer,   pier. 
Pendant,    pendent. 
Place,  plaice. 
Pistol,  pistel. 
Plain,  plane. 
Plait,    plate. 
Please,   pleas. 
Plum.  ])lumb. 
Pole,  poll. 
Pore,  pour. 
Pray,  prey. 
Praise,  prays,  preys. 
Presents,  presence. 
Pride,  pried. 


Principal,  principle. 

Prize,  pries. 

Profit,  prophet. 

Pomace,    pumice. 

Quarts,     quartz. 

Rabbet,  rabbit. 

Rain,   rein,  reign. 

Raise,   rays,   raze. 

Rap,  wrap. 

Red,  read. 

Reed,  read. 

Reck,  wreck. 

Reek,  wreak. 

Rest,  wrest. 

Retch,  wretch. 

Rhyme,   rime. 

Rice,  rise. 

Rig-ht,  rite,  wright,  write. 

Ring,  wring. 

Road,   rode,  rowed. 

Roe,  row. 

Role.  roll. 

Roam,  Rome. 

Room,  rheum. 

Root,  route. 

Rood,  rude. 

Rose,  rows. 

Rote,  wrote. 

Rough,  ruflF. 

Rye,  wry. 

Sail,  sale. 

Sailor,  sailer. 

Salter,  psalter. 

Sane,  seine. 

.Scene,  seen. 

Scull,   skull. 

Sea,  see. 

Seas,  sees,  seize. 


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Seam,   seem. 

Sear,  seer,  sere. 

Sense,  cents. 

Serf,  surf. 

Serge,  surge. 

Sew,  so,  sow. 

Shear,  sheer. 

Shoe,  shoo. 

Shone,  shown. 

Side,    sighed. 

Sighs,  size. 

Sight,  site,  cite. 

Slay,  sleigh. 

Sleight,  slight. 

Slew,  slue. 

Slow,  sloe. 

Soar,  sore. 

Soared,  sword. 

Sold,  soled. 

Sole,  soul. 

v^orrte,  sum. 

Son,  sun. 

Stair,  stare. 

Staid,  stayed. 

Stake,   steak. 

Stationary,   stationery. 

Steal,  steel. 

Step,  steppe. 

Stile,  style. 

Straight,  strait. 

Succor,   sucker. 

Suite,  sweet. 

Sutler:,  subtler. 

Tail,  tale. 

Taper,  tapir. 


Tare,  tear. 
Taught,  taut. 
Tea,  tee. 
Teas,  tease. 
Team,  teem. 
Tear,  tier. 
The,   thee. 
Their,  there,  they're. 
Throe,  throw. 
Throne,  thrown. 
Threw,  through. 
Thyme,  time. 
Tide,  tied. 
Toe,  tow. 
To,  too,  two. 
Told,  tolled. 
Ton,  tun. 
Tract,   tracked. 
Troop,  troupe. 
Turn,  tern. 
Vail,  vale,  veil. 
Vain,  vane,  vein. 
Vial,   viol. 
Vice,  vise. 
Waist,  waste 
Wait,  weight. 
Ware,  wear. 
Wade,  weighed. 
Waive,  wave. 
Way,   weigh. 
Weak,  week. 
Weather,   wither. 
Whirl,  whorl. 
Wood,  would. 
Yoke,   yolk. 


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395 

The  following  rules  apply  to  Latin  and  Greek 
Proper  Names  and  to  many  words  derived  from 
Latin  and  Greek  and  to  many  other  words. 

Rule  VII   is  derived  from   Rule  I. 

Rules  VIII,  IX  and  XI  are  derived  from  Rule  V. 

When  we  speak  of  one  consonant  we  do  not  mean 
the  consonant  x. 

Rules  for  the  vowel  i  apply  also  to  the  vowel  y. 

Rule  I. 

a,  e,  o  and  u  have  the  long  sound,  when  they  are 
followed  by  one  consonant  which  is  followed  by 
ia,    ie,    ii,    io,    iu, 
ea,  ee,  ei,  eo,  eu.  ' 

Rule  II. 

a,  e,  o  and  u  have  their  long  sound,  when  they  are 
followed  by  a  mute  and  liquid  which  is  followed  by 
the  same  vowels. 


Examples  of  Rules 
The   accented   vowels   in   the 


examples : 

immediate, 

cutaneous, 

ingratiate, 

grammarian, 

funereal, 

eulogium, 

commodius, 

erroneous, 

copious, 

foliage, 

duteous, 

sulphureous, 

gymnasium, 

sagacious, 


phraseology, 

euphonious, 

patriarch, 

ecclesiastic, 

medieval, 

immediate, 

irradiate, 

plagiarism, 

sidereal, 

congenial, 

magisterial, 

premium, 

mediator, 

barium, 


I  and  II. 

following  words   are 

serium, 

magnesium, 

sodium, 

petroleum, 

collodion, 

Ignatius, 

Eulalia, 

Januarius, 

Demetrius, 

Fabian, 

obedient, 

tragedian, 

inebriate, 

expedient, 


Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes  6i 

Damian,  'Antonius,  Cornelius. 

Adrian,  Anastasia, 

Gabriel,  Athanasius, 

The  principal  exceptions  are  national,  rational, 
discretion,   precious   and   gladiator. 

Rule  III. 

The  vowel  i  has  the  short  sound  when  it  is  fol- 
lowed  by   a   consonant   and   two  vowels. 

The  accented  i  in  the  following  words  is  an  ex- 
ample : 

opinion,  filial,  filiation,  dimidiate,  novitiate,  oblivion, 
opposition,  condition,  optician,  beneficial,  musician, 
Maximian,  Cecilia,  Bibiana. 

Exceptions. 
Accented  i  in  ditheism  and  tritheism  and  the  first 
i  in  words  formed  from  idea  have  the  long  sound ; 
as,  idealogy. 

Rule  IV. 
A,  e  and  o  have  the  short   sound  when  they  are 
followed  by  a  consonant  u  and  a  vowel;  as  accented 
a  in  gradual  and  casual. 

Rule  V. 

An  accented  non-penultimate  vowel  has  the  short 
sound  when  it  is  followed  by  one  consonant,  a  vowel, 
and  a  consonant.  U  in  this  position  has  the  long 
sound. 

Examples. 

O  in  barometer  in  which  o  is  followed  by  the  con- 
sonant m,  the  vowel  e,  and  the  consonant  t.  The 
accented  vowels  in  the  following  words  are  also 
examples : 

oculist,  chemistry,  gravity, 

hilarity,  janitor,  tenacity, 

sanity,  nebular,  velocity, 

vernacular,  cosmology,  solidity, 

operate,  astronomy,  telephone, 


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penetrate, 

tenebrae, 

centrifugal, 

monument, 

tolerance, 

probable, 

spiritual, 

family, 

charity, 

evidence, 

platinum, 

silicon. 


Polycarp, 

Dominic, 

Ag-atha, 

Hieronimus, 

Christophorus, 

Heliopolis, 

Damascene, 

Benedict, 

Leonidas, 

Monica, 

Felicitas, 

medical. 


secondary, 

academy, 

divinity, 

monitor, 

Stanislaus, 

Nicolaus, 

Catharine, 

sycophant, 

quinquagesima, 

holograph, 

secular. 


Exceptions. 

Nearly  all  the  exce])tions  are  in  words  which  have 
an  accent  on  the  first  syllable,  as  o  in  phonograph 
and   i   in  viticulture. 

The  endings  able,  ible,  ably,  ery,  ory  and  mono- 
syllabic suffixes  generally  do  not  change  the  pronun- 
ciation of  the  syllable  or  the  word  to  which  they 
arc  added. 

Examples. 

Advisable,  vitalize,  scenery,  votary,  notary,  agency, 
diplomacy. 

Rule  VI. 

Accented  a,  e,  i  and  o  have  the  short  sound  when 
they  are  followed  by  a  consonant  and  the  ending  ic; 
as  in  tonic,  conic,  scenic,  phonic,  logic,  euphonic, 
strategic.    Pacific,    harmonic. 

A  in  basic  is  an  exception. 

Rule  VII. 

A,  e,  o.  and  u  followed  by  one  consonant  and  the 
endings  ia,  iac,  ial,  ian,  eal,  eous,  ious,  have  the 
accent  and  the  long  sound  :  as  a  in  spontaneous. 

I  followed  by  one  consonant  and  those  endings  has 
the  short  sound  according  to  Rule  III. 


Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes  63 

Rule  VIII. 

A,  e,  i,  and  o  have  the  accent  and  the  short  sound 
when  they  are  followed  by  a  consonant  and  the  end- 
ings acal,  ical,  itude,  ulous,  efy,  ify,  ity,  ety;  as  in 
charity,  sanity,   probity,  plenitude,  rarefy,  edify. 

Rule  IX. 

Words   with    the   following  terminations   have   the 
accent    on    the    antepenult    and    the    vowel    in    that 
syllable  has  the  short  sound,  if  it  be  not  u : 
ferous  ;   as,  argentiferous,     meter ;    as,  barometer, 
cracy  ;     as,  democracy.  nomy;    as,  astronomy, 

geny  ;      as,  progeny.  pathy  ;    as,  antipathy, 

gonal ;    as,  diagonal.  phony ;  as,  telephony, 

graphy ;  as,  geography.  vorous ;  as,  carnivorous, 

gony ;      as,  cosmogony.         tomy ;     as,  anatomy, 
logy ;       as,  theology. 

Rule   X. 

All  vowels  have  their  long  sounds  when  they  are 
accented  and  followed  by  a  vowel,  as  i  in  piety  and 
society. 

Rule  XI. 

Accented  non-penultimate  ar,  er,  ir  and  or  have 
their  short  sound  when  followed  by  a  vowel  and  a 
consonant. 

Examples  for  ar,  er,  and  ir. 

Charity,  celerity,  virulent. 

Or  in  this  position  has  not  the  sound  of  aw  in 
cause  or  the  sound  of  or  in  cord,  but  the  o  in  this 
position  has   the   sound   of  o  in  not. 

Examples  for  or. 

Historical,  historic,  orator,  origin,  priority,  majority, 
authority,  categorical,  seniority,  minority,  orifice, 
oracle,  orison,  oratorical. 

Hence  o  in  historical  has  not  the  sound  of  o  in 
historian.     See  Rule  VII. 


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Exception. 
The   rule    does   not   apply   to  derivatives   or   com- 
pounds of  words  endings  in  ore  and  ory;  as,  deplore, 
deplorable,  glory,  glorify,  scorify. 

Rule  XII. 

When  or  is  followed  by  i  and  another  vowel,  or 
has  the  sound  of  o  in  orient. 

Examples. 

Historian  and  oriental. 

Rule  XII  holds  also  when  or  is  followed  by  e 
and  a  vowel. 

Rule  XIII. 

O  has  the  short  sound  of  o  in  not  in  the  follow- 
ing words  of  two  syllables: 

Orange,  coral,  forage,  foreign,  sporule,  moral,  for- 
est, florid  and  florin.  Also  in  the  nouns  process, 
produce,  product,  progress,  project,  prophet,  proverb, 
province,  provost,  and  in  promise,  profit,  proper. 
O  in  oral  and  orally  has  not  the  short  sound  of  o 
in  not. 

Rule  XIV. 

Every  vowel  has  the  short  sound  when  it  is  fol- 
lowed by  rr,  as  the  vowel  before  rr  in  carry,  terrible, 
irritate,   sorrow,   hurry,   abhorrent,   abhorrence. 

Exceptions. 

Err,  erred,  burr,  burred,  whirring,  whirred,  myhrr, 
purr,  stirring,  stirred,  skirr,  abhorring,  abhorred  and 
accented  erred  and  urred  in  verbs,  as,  conferred  and 
concurred. 

The  rule  does  not  apply  to  words  containing  w  or 
q;  as,  warrant,  quarry,  worry. 

Rule  XV. 

The  sound  of  a  in  arm  is  used  when  a  is  followed 
bv  r  and  a  consonant  not  r ;  as  a  in  card. 


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The  sound  of  o  in  ford  is  used  when  o  is  followed 
by  r  and  a  consonant  which  is  not  r;  as  o  in  cord. 

The  sound  of  e  in  fern  is  used  when  e  is  followed 
by  r  and  a  consonant  which  is  not  r;  as  e  in  herd. 

The  sound  of  e  in  fern  is  used  also  when  i  is  fol- 
lowed by  r  and  a  consonant  which  is  not  r;  as  i 
in  bird. 

The  sound  of  e  in  fern  is  used  also  when  u  is  fol- 
lowed by  r  and  a  consonant  which  is  not  r;  as  u  in 
curd. 

The  rule  does  not  apply  to  words  containing  w 
or  q ;  as,  word  and  quarter. 

Rule   XVI. 

In  monosyllables  and  in  words  accented  on  the  last 
syllable  a  vowel  has  the  long  sound  when  it  is  fol- 
lowed by  one  consonant  and  final  e;  as,  i  in  fine 
and  o  in  depose. 

Exceptions. 

Bade,  give,  live,  there,  where,  elsewhere,  ere,  have, 
one,  done,  none,  undone,  come,  some,  love,  above, 
dove,  glove,  shove,  approve,  disprove,  disapprove, 
improve,  groove,  prove,  reprove,  move,  and  words 
ending  in  are  and  ore. 

Rule  XVII. 

In  Latin  and  Greek  proper  names  and  in  many 
other  words  an  accented  penultimate  vowel  has  the 
long  sound  when  it  is  followed  by  one  consonant  or 
by  a  mute  and  a  liquid;  as  i  in  Martinus  and  y  in 
asylum,  and  accented  a  in  Bibiana. 

Rule  XVIII. 

Dissyllables  ending  in  id  and  it  derived  from  Latin 
words  ending  in  idum  and  itum  have  both  vowels 
short;  as  the  vowels  in  debit,  credit,  valid,  placid, 
rigid,  licit.  The  rule  does  not  apply  to  the  vowel  u 
which  is  long  in  such  a  position ;  as  u  in  lucid. 


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Rule  XIX. 

Ex  at  the  beginning  of  a  word  is  pronounced  ex, 
that  is,  eks  and  not  egz. 

Examples. 

Exaltation,  exultation,  exercise,  execute,  exigent, 
exit,  explain,  extend,  exhibition,  exhortation,  exhale, 
exhume,  excitation,  exheredate,  and  exile  and  ex- 
emplary if  we  accent  exile  and  exemplary  on  the  first 
syllable. 

H  after  initial  ex  is  silent  except  in  exhale,  ex- 
heredate, exhume  and  words  formed  from  them ;  as, 
exhumation. 

Exception  I. 

Ex  at  the  beginning  of  a  word  is  pronounced  egz 
when  it  is  followed  by  a  vowel  which  has  the  pri- 
mary or  secondary  accent. 

Examples. 

Exalt,  exult,  examine,  example,  exert,  exertion,  ex- 
empt. 

Exception  II. 

Ex  at  the  beginning  of  a  word  is  pronounced  egz 
when  it  is  followed  by  silent  h  and  a  vowel  which 
has  the  primary  or  the  secondary  accent. 

Examples. 

Exhibit,  exhort,  exhaust,  exhilarate. 
Note. — The  Century  Dictionary  follows  these  rules 
for  ex. 

Rule  XX. 

U  contains  the  sound  of  y  when  it  is  followed  by  a 
vowel  and  when  it  is  followed  by  one  consonant  and 
wben  it  is  followed  by  a  mute  and  liquid. 


Dictionary  of  English  Rhymes 


67 


Hence  tube  is 
Institute 
Constitution  " 
Fortitude 
Popular 
Salutary 
Unit 

Genuine  '' 

Particular  " 
Singular  " 
Population  *' 
During  " 

Consume  ** 
Resume  " 


pronounced  tyube. 

instityute. 

constityu-shun. 

fortityude. 

popyular. 

salyutary. 

yunit. 

genyuine. 

particyular. 

singyular. 

popyulation. 

dyuring. 

consyume. 

resyume. 


Exception  I. 

Accented  su  when  it  is  followed  by  r  and  a  vowel 
is  pronounced  shu ;  as  in  insure,  assure,  insurance, 
assurance,  surety.  It  has  this  sound  also  in  the  word 
sure. 

Sure  at  the  end  of  a  word  is  pronounced  zhur  when 
it  is  preceded  by  an  accented  vowel ;  as  in  pleasure, 
measure,  enclosure. 

Unaccented  sure  at  the  end  of  a  word  is  pro- 
nounced shur  when  it  is  preceded  by  a  consonant;  as 
in  censure,  pressure. 

Exception  II. 

Tu  is  pronounced  chu  when  it  follows  immediately 
a  syllable  which  has  the  primary  accent.  Hence  cul- 
ture is  culchur  and  fortune  is  forchun. 

It  is  pronovmced  chu  also  in  the  ending  culture ;  as 
in  agriculture. 

Tu  is  chu  also  in  spiritual  and  words  formed  from 
it;  as  spirituality. 

Exception  III. 

Du  is  pronounced  ju  when  it  follows  immediately  a 


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syllable  having  the  primary  accent ;  as,  du  in  verdure 
which  is  pronounced  verjure. 

Exception  IV. 
Su  is   pronounced   shu   or   zhu  w^hen   it   follows   a 
vowel  having  the  primary  accent ;  as,  su  in  casual  and 
Jesuit. 

Exception  V. 
Initial  ru  is  pronounced  roo  when  it  is  not  followed 
by  two  consonants;  as,  rule  is  rool,  ruin  is  roo-in. 

Rule  XXI. 

U  has  the  short  sound  only  when  it  is  followed  by 
X  or  two  consonants  or  by  a  final  consonant ;  as  in 
cherub.  U  has  the  short  sound  in  the  prefix  un,  as 
in  un-adorned;  also  in  the  prefix  sub. 

Rule  XXII. 

The  termination  sion  is  pronounced  zhun  when  it 
is  preceded  by  a  vowel :  as  in  explosion,  invasion, 
cohesion,  decision. 

The  termination  sion  is  pronounced  shun  when  it 
is  preceded  by  a  consonant ;  as  in  extension,  conver- 
sion, expulsion,  version,  expansion,  immersion,  dimen- 
sion. 

Rule  XXIII. 

The  article  a  has  the  obscure  sound  of  a  in  about. 
The  vowel  e  in  the  article  the  has  the  obscure  sound 
of  a  in  about  or  the  obscure  sound  of  the  first  e  in 
necessity  when  it  is  followed  by  a  word  beginning 
with  a  consonant  sound.  When  it  is  followed  by  a 
word  beginning  with  a  vowel  sound,  the  vowel  e  in 
the  article  the  has  the  sound  of  e  in  be. 

Rule  XXIV. 
Unaccented  a  at  the  end  of  a  word  has  never  the 
long  sound  of  a  in  made,  but  it  has  the  obscure  sound 
of  final  a  in  America,  alpha  and  Bibiana. 


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